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psstej) of diglisl; iolbsmil^s mis paMwita,
AND THEIR MARKS STAMPED ON PLATE.
COPIED IN F AC-SIMILE FROM CELEBRATED EXAMPLES ; AND
THE EARLIEST RECORDS PRESERVED AT GOLDSMITHS' HALL, LONDON,
WITH THEIR NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND DATES OF ENTRY.
2,500 ILLUSTRATIONS.
ALSO HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY AND
THEIR HALL MARKS; THEIR REGALIA; THE MINT; CLOSING
OF THE EXCHEQUER; GOLDSMITH - RANKERS ; SHOP SIGNS;
A COPIOUS INDEX, ETC., ETC.
PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE
GOLDSMITHS' AET.
BY
WILLIAM CHAFFERS,
AUTHOR OF "HALL MARKS ON GOLD AND SILVER PLATE," " L'ORFEVRERIE
FRAN9AISE," "MARKS AND MONOGRAMS ON POTTERY AND PORCELAIN," " THE
KERAMIC GALLERY" (ILLUSTRATED), "THE COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
OF MARKS AND MONOGRAMS ON POTTERY AND PORCELAIN,"
"PRICED CATALOGUE OF COINS," ETC.
NEW EDITION.
The Companion to "HALL MARKS ON GOLD AND SILVER
PLATE," by the same Author.
LONDON :
REEVES k TURNER, 19 6, STRAND.
{All rights reserved.)
PREFACE.
The former work of the writer, entitled " Hall Marks on
Gold and Silver Plate," has been so extensively patronised
by the public as to call for six editions since the date of its first
appearance in 1863, supplying a most important aid to Ama-
teurs and Collectors of Old Plate, enabling them to ascertain
the precise date of manufacture by the sign manual of the
Goldsmiths' Company, stamped upon it when sent to be
assayed. That it has been generally appreciated is evident
from the fact that it is to be found in the hands of every
leading Goldsmith in the United Kingdom, as well as
Amateurs and Possessors of family plate. The Wardens
and Assistants of the Goldsmiths' Company accepted the
Dedication of the Fifth Edition of 1876 in a complimentary
letter attesting its value.
The price of old plate in the interim has risen enormously,
in consequence of its actual date being now easily ascertained.
Thus, there is undoubted evidence of the guarantee of three
of the stamps, viz. — -1. The purity of the several legal
standards ; 2. The Office where the Assay was made ; and
3. The date of manufacture. But the fourth stamp, The
malxer's mark, remained unexplained ; this consisted of initials
occasionally accompanied by a symbol, or varied in such a
manner that " the sign of every Goldsmith be known to the
Wardens of the Craft, which said Wardens' duty is to see
that the marks are plain and of a fit size and not one like
another." The author of " The Touchstone for Gold and
Silver Wares" goes on to say that " these marks are
stamped on hardened lead, and right against them in parch-
ment columns are writ and entered the owners' names."
These records were, therefore, in existence at the date of
" The Touchstone" in 1677, but have since disappeared,
the only record of that date being the Copper-plate stamped
with makers' marks between 1675 and 1697, " of which no
other entry is to be found." Hence the writer has collected
previous makers' marks from pieces of plate preserved to
our time, but without any evidence of the names they
represented.
Since 1697, the names of only a few of the principal
workers have up to this time been identified by occasional
references to the Goldsmiths' books. In consequence of the
frequent solicitations of Amateurs of Old Plate, the writer
has been induced to copy the makers' marks, accompanied
by their names and addresses, with the dates of entry at the
Hall, literatim et seriatim, from 1697 to the beginning of this
century, by the kind permission of the Wardens and Court of
Assistants of the Goldsmiths' Company, in which he has
been materially assisted by the advice, on all occasions, of
Mr. Walter Prideaux, and the obliging attention of the
Deputy Warden, Mr. W. Robinson. This information will
be useful in fixing dates of manufacture within a few years,
where the date letter is erased or illegible, and a verification
in the uncertain attribution of a date ; more especially in
bringing to light the actual plate-workers whose names have
hitherto been unnoticed, and giving credit where it is due.
It is hoped that " The History of English Goldsmiths,"
although consisting merely of notes and capable of much
greater development, may interest the general reader, as well
as the incidental notices of the Mint, the Regalia, and other
subjects in connection more or less with the Goldsmiths'
Craft.
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Being essentially a book of reference, a copious index of
Plate-workers' initials, and their names in full, will enable the
inquirer to trace not only their residences and dates of entry
at the Hall, but in many instances examples of their work,
and the collections where they are to be found.
The names of several kind contributors will be found
noticed in the following pages ; but the writer must
especially thank Mr. Horatio Stewart, of the firm of Messrs.
Hancock & Co., for careful drawings of Hall Marks, including
those of the Makers, from specimens which have come under
his observation.
W. CHAFFERS.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Gold, Goldsmiths, Plate, Plated Ware, Electro Silvering, and
Processes explained, &c. ...... 1
Distinguished Goldsmiths and Founders of Peerages . . 3
Political economy of the Goldsmiths' Art .... 6
Goldsmiths' shops in Chepe ....... 8
Pageants, &c. . 9
Goldsmiths' Company and its Organisation . . . .11
Destruction of Plate in the Great Fire of 1666 . . .13
Gold Plate and examples quoted . . . . . .16
HISTOKY OF ENGLISH GOLDSMITHS AND PLATE-
WOEKEES 18
Hall Marks of the United Kingdom . . • . .98
London Assay Office Letters ...... 100
Steel Punches used in Stamping Plate at Goldsmiths' Hall . 103
Chronological List of Plate from the 15th to the 19th century,
with Makers' Marks 107
Makers' Marks on the Copper-plate at Goldsmiths' Hall, from
1675 to 1697. Alphabetically arranged . . . 162
PLATE- WORKERS' MARKS, WITH NAMES, ADDRESSES
AND DATES OF ENTRY AT GOLDSMITHS' HALL,
FROM 1697 TO 1800 . - .167
Parliamentary Return of Goldsmiths in 1773 . . . 192
viii
PAGE
History of the Eegalia, pillaged, and destroyed ; re-made for
the Coronation of Charles II. Goldsmiths' bills for the
same 198
Coronation Customs 206
Blood's attempt to steal the Eegalia 208
Seizure of Merchants' moneys at the Mint in 1640 . . 210
Closing of the Exchequer in 1672 and consequent ruin of
many Goldsmiths 210
Plate belonging to the Goldsmiths' Company . . .211
Goldsmiths' Shop Signs . 212
Makers' Emblems found on Plate 219
American Goldsmiths 222
The Mint ; its Constitution, Masters, Engravers, &c. . . 224
Celebrated Goldsmiths of Europe ..... 233
Goldsmiths' Invoices ; Paul De Lamerie and others . . 240
INDEX . .249
GILDA AURIFABROBUM
INTEODUOTION.
Gold and silver may be divided or classified under three genera : —
1. Infectum. 2. Signatum. 3. Factum.
" Aurum infectum " is the unalloyed mass of gold, or ingot of metal
before it is formed into shape.
" Aurum signatum " refers to the art of stamping coins, or medals,
with hardened steel punches or dies. Moneyers, although actually
Goldsmiths, employ themselves exclusively in coining.
" Aurum factum," of which division we have more especially to
treat, is the transformation, by hand, of the metal from the rough,
unformed ingot, into objects of a useful and ornamental character.
The actual worker of the precious metals was styled Aurifaber,
derived from the two Latin words Aurum (gold), and faber (a smith),
one who forges by the hammer, or beats into shape, any metal, whether
gold, silver, or iron. Thus all smiths are included in the general
title of " hammermen."
In Scotland, the ancient guild of " Hammermen," included all
smiths who wielded the hammer, and it was not until late in the
16th century that the Goldsmiths' craft obtained a charter of incorpora-
tion separating them from the common smiths, and giving them
jurisdiction only over the working\of the precious metals.
A goldsmith was styled by the Romans Aurifex, which more
properly applies to one who sells Goldsmiths' work after it is finished,
while the Aurifaber is one who beats out the metal and fashions it, or
is actually a plate- worker : The jewellers' is also a distinct branch of
the Goldsmith's trade, making rings, bracelets, and personal orna-
ments, whereas the plate-worker confines his manipulation to plate,
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such as vases, and articles for table use, and the more ornamental
objects for the Altar and Bressoir. A Goldsmith is a worker in silver
as well as gold, and under this designation workers in the precious
metals have always been included. They are so called in the
Scriptures — " The goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth
silver chains" (Isaiah). Again — " They lavish gold out of the bag,
and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith," which custom
is continued at the present day in Egypt and India, by giving material
to itinerant goldsmiths, who fashion it under the surveillance of their
employers.
Johannes de Garlandia, who wrote a dictionary of terms, and
described the various industries existing in the 11th century in Paris,
says, "Les orfevres se tiennent assis devant leurs fourneaux et leurs
tables sur le grand pont. lis fabriquent des hanaps, des fermails, des
colliers, des epingles, des agrafes, en or et en argent. lis preparent
pour les anneaux, des turquoises, des rubis, des saphirs et des
emeraudes. Le metier de ces orfevres consiste a battre, avec des
petits mai'teaux sur i'enclume, des lames d'or et d'argent, et a
enchasser les pierres precieuses dans les chatons des bagues a l'usage
des barons et des nobles dames."
By the Goldsmiths' statutes, r< the working of gold or silver, either
by a private workman, or by the master shopkeeper, or his delivering
out gold or silver to his servants or workmen, to be wrought in any
sort of work or ware, either by making, filing, or hammering, or every
of them, is, or may, according to ancient usage, and the intent of
such statutes, be deemed and taken to be the trade of the Goldsmith ;
and every person having served an apprenticeship to any one, that
before or during the said term, did follow such trade, is, and may
properly be called, a Goldsmith." — (" Touchstone for Goldsmiths'
Wares," Lond. 1071).
There was formerly an idea, perhaps more poetical than actual,
alluded to by Juvenal and other Latin authors, that gold in contact
with heat emitted a sweet and fragrant odour ; hence a golden cup
when filled with hot liquid, its fragrance, as in mulled wine, became
more perceptible and agreeable to the epicure.
The ancient Britons also fashioned personal ornaments out of gold
and silver, many of which have been exhumed in England, Scotland,
and Ireland, notably the broad crescent-shaped " mind " or head
ornament; the torquis for the neck; armillee, "ring money" (so
called), gold and silver coins of a later period, probably coeval with the
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Roman invasion, being rude imitations of the Greek and Roman coins,
and some of finer work, like the coins of Cunobeline, struck at
Camulodunum (Colchester), with the King on horseback, perhaps
struck by workmen from Rome.
Holinshed states that collars of gold and silver, for the necks of
women, made part of the tribute which Augustus imposed upon the
Britons.
The Goldsmith's art may be deemed the favourite art of princes, and
the brilliant symbol of glorious reigns, as well as the result of
civilization.
Its artificers have proved that, as a trade, it may be reckoned one of
the most distinguished professions, combiniug more or less the talents
of the artist, statuary, architect, engraver, and chemist, as well as the
most noble. The axiom Orfevre ne deroge pas is true in this
respect, and, so far from degrading them in the status of society, they
can claim a high acknowledgment in the scale of consequence in
these realms, as progenitors of some of the most dignified members of
the ancient and present aristocracy, as evidenced in the houses of
Shaw, ChildSj Viner, Ward, Hoare. Drummond, Coutts, Gosling, &c. ;
so true is it in England that trade and commerce enrich nobility.
From the Goldsmiths' Company alone might be obtained a list of
founders of peerages, containing some of England's greatest
names.
PLATE.
The designation Plate means, strictly speaking, wrought silver, and
is derived from the Spanish word Plata, although it is frequently
wrongly applied to vessels or utensils of gold as well as silver; hence
Gold plate is erroneous, and Silver plate a pleonasm.
Another derivation may be traced in the Greek word 7r\arvs (flat),
or flattened silver before it is beaten into shape, subsequently applied
to all vessels as well as plates and dishes. " A plate of ale," is
an expression at Trinity College, Cambridge, used for the silver
drinking-cup with which every commoner was supplied for his own
use and at his own expense, but was, on his departure, left to augment
the store of cups in the college plate-closet ; a practice reminding us
of the boarding-school " silver fork and spoon " custom. The beer-
cups, with two ring-handles, were frequently called college cups, but
the names of cups are so diversified that we can only, in this place,
simply allude to them,
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PLATING.
Plated means, actually, metal vessels or utensils covered with plates
of silver or gold. Arbuthnot says, " M. Lepidus's house had a marble
doorcase ; afterwards they had gilded ones, or rather, plated with
gold." The silver plating practised formerly at Sheffield was of this
character, but it must not be confounded with the modern silvering by
the electro process adopted principally at Birmingham, which merely
deposits a thin tissue of the precious metals on the surface. A
comparison of the fine old Sheffield plated ware with the modern
electro-silvering is a convincing proof of this fact.
Plating, properly so called, consists in covering a clean sheet of
copper with a thin plate of silver, by washing over it a solution of
lunar caustic. A plate of fine silver, rather larger than the sheet
of copper, is laid upon it, and the edges turned over ; the two are
heated to a dull redness and passed through powerful rollers. By this
process, as the two metals extend equally, both are considerably
reduced in thickness ; the plated metal is then manufactured to the
required shape, and the different parts soldered together. The
handles, edges, and ornaments of vessels, or other objects, are made
of silver, rolled to about a square foot to the ounce, and then struck
in a die, the hollow parts being filled in with an alloy of lead and
tin. The dies used in these operations at some manufactories are
stated to have cost many thousand pounds.
The Sheffield method of plating copper with silver was first adopted
about 120 years ago.
Horace Walpole, in a letter to Mr. Montagu, dated 1st September,
1760, writes: " As I went to Lord Strafford's I passed through
Sheffield, which is one of the foulest towns in England, in the most
charming situation ; there are 22,000 inhabitants making knives and
scissors. They remit eleven thousand pounds a week to Loudon. One
man there has discovered the art of plating copper with silver. I
bought a pair of candlesticks, for two guineas, that are quite pretty."
ELECTRO SILVERING AND GILDING.
This process may be thus described : — The solutions employed are
the argento- cyanide and auro-cyanide, the former to deposit silver,
and the latter gold. The silvering solution, or argento- cyanide, is
dissolved with cyanide of potassium ; the most useful and economic
method of preparing this is by use of the battery. To make a
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depositing liquid, containing one ounce of silver to^the gallon, by this
process, make a solution of cyanide of potassium, of the strength
of one ounce and a quarter to the gallon of water employed.
The positive and negative poles of the battery are carried over the
top of the open bath ; from the positive rod a plate of silver is sus-
pended, and to the negative rod the article to be silvered is attached
by a wire, both being immersed in the chemical solution of the same
metal, opposite each other. During the progress of deposition, the
same quantity of metal that is deposited from the liquid is restored
from the silver plate, and the solution is maintained at the same
strength. Any thickness of silver may be deposited by continuing
the process ; but about an ounce and a half to a square foot of
surface is considered a full quantity. The portions on which no
silver is required to be deposited are covered with varnish or
wax.
The metal generally used to deposit silver upon is what is called
German silver, an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel, so as not to show
when the silver is worn away; care is required to remove every particle
of grease and oxide, by acids and alkalis, before the object is placed in
the bath. In the course of a few hours a coating of the thickness of
tissue paper will be deposited upon it, giving it a granulated appear-
ance, like matted or dead silver. If a bright surface is required, it is
burnished by a steel or blood-stone burnisher; but a few drops of
sulphuret of carbon being added to the solution, the silver may be
precipitated perfectly bright.
Hence by the electro process, a smaller quantity of silver being
required, and the operation more simple, the wares are produced at a
much cheaper rate. The term, ^sex-plating, as applied to the electro
process, is, therefore, erroneous. The value of electro-silvered articles
is deteriorated by the fact that they can be reproduced ad infinitum,
we might say ad nauseam, and can claim no originality. The preten-
tious works which have been executed from designs by some of the
best artists of the day, such as shields in emulation of the famous
Cellini shields, and Flaxman's Achilles' shield (made in 1818), are
undoubtedly of great merit as regards design ; but, as is the case with
all fine works of art, copies, however fine and closely imitated, never
bear comparison in point of value to the originals. On their first
appearance high prices are demanded and frequently obtained ; but
the numerous reproductions reduce the value from pounds to shillings,
the material being valueless, with merely a superficial and infinitesimal
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deposit of the precious metals, which scarcely allows the removal of
dust or tarnish by the necessary friction.
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE GOLDSMITH'S AKT.
We cannot give better advice to purchasers of plate thau is con-
tained in the subjoined extract from a lecture delivered by Mr. Ruskin,
on " The Political Economy of Art," especially applicable at the
present day, when such quantities of plate are manufactured of
tasteless design, as much the fault of the employer as the employed.
A prize is required for racing, shooting, rowing, running, or any
athletic sport. The point principally considered is the intrinsic value
of the cup, to be made at a limited price; a design or drawing of it
being frequently dispensed with altogether, a stock pattern is produced,
and the command, " Aye, that will do ! " confirms the order. Art is
quite a secondary consideration, or altogether ignored. In no other
way can we account for the numerous abortions in the shape of prize
cups, &c. displayed in silversmiths5 shops at the present day. These
remarks do not apply solely to prize cups, real talent is seldom displayed
in the design of modem plate ; the money's worth is the sine qua
non : How much will it weigh ? The second, and more important
question, How much for fashion ? does not enter into the calculation.
We are reminded of the business-like observation of Samuel Pepys, on
receiving a present of a pair of splendid flagons, costing £100. His
vanity was pleased with the display before his friends, when placed on
his sideboard ; but note the sequel : f< Weighed my two silver flagons
at Stevens's, they weigh 212 ounces, which is about £50 at 5s. per
ounce, and they judge the fashion to be worth about 5s. per ounce
more, nay, some say 10s. an ounce the fashion ; sorry to see that the
fashion is worth so much, and the silver come to no more."
At the present day the cost of fashion, doubled or trebled, would be
gladly paid by a collector of old plate. Pepys, however, was not
devoid of taste in the matter of plate. There are, preserved by the
Clothworkers' Company (presented by him in 1677), a cup and cover
nearly two feet high, and a salver as much in diameter, finely chased
with flowers and scrolls, and engraved with his arms and those of
the Company.
But let us hear what Mr. Ruskin has to say on the political
economy of art, as applied to plate : —
" The first idea of a rich young couple setting up house in London
is, that they must have new plate. Their father's plate maybe very
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handsome, but the fashion is changed. They will have a new service
from the leading manufacturer, and the old plate, except a few Apostle
spoons, and a cup which Charles the Second drank a health in to
their pretty ancestress, is sent to be melted down, and made up with
new flourishes and fresh lustre. Now so long as this is the case — so
long, observe, as fashion has influence on the manufacture of plate —
so long you cannot have a goldsmith \s art in this country. Do you
suppose any workman, worthy the name, will put his brains into a cup
or an urn which he knows is to go to the melting-pot in half a score
of years ? He will not ; you don't ask or expect it of him. You ask
of him nothing but a little quick handicraft — a clever twist of a
handle here, and a foot there ; a convolvolus from the newest school of
design ; a pheasant from Landseer's game cards ; a couple of senti-
mental figures for supporters, in the style of insurance offices ; then a
clever touch with the burnisher, and there 's your epergne, the
admiration of all the footmen at the wedding breakfast, and the
torment of some unfortunate youth who cannot see the pretty girl
opposite to him through its tyrannous branches.
"But you don't suppose that that's goldsmith's work ? Goldsmith's
work is made to last, and made with the man's whole heart and soul
in it ; true goldsmith's work, when it exists, is generally the means of
education of the greatest painters and sculptors of the day. Francia
was a goldsmith : Francia was not his own name, but that of his
master the jeweller; and he signed his pictures, almost always,
'Francia the goldsmith,' for love of his master. Ghirlandajo was
a goldsmith, and was the master of Michael Angelo ; Verocchio was
a goldsmith, and was the master of Leonardo da Vinci. Ghiberti
was a goldsmith, and beat out the bronze gates which Michael Angelo
said might serve for the gates of Paradise. But if ever you want work
like theirs again, you must keep it, though it should have the mis-
fortune to become old-fashioned. You must not break it up, nor melt
it any more ; there is no economy in that ; you could not easily waste
intellect more grievously. Nature may melt her goldsmith's work at
every sunset if she chooses, and beat it out into chased bars again at
every sun=rise, but you must not. The way to have a truly noble
service of plate, is to keep adding to it, not melting it. At every
marriage, and at every birth, get a new piece of silver if you will, but
with noble workmanship on it, done for all time, and put it among
your treasures ; that is one of the chief things which gold was made
for, and made incorruptible for. When we know a little more of
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political economy, we shall find that none but partially savage nations
need, imperatively, gold for their currency ; but gold has been given
us, among other things, that we might put beautiful work into its
imperishable splendour, and that the artists who have the most wilful
fancies may have a material which will drag out, and beat out, as
their dreams require, and will hold itself together with fantastic
tenacity, whatever rare and delicate service they set it upon."
GOLDSMITHS' SHOPS IN " CHEPE."
In the days of Elizabeth the majority of Goldsmiths lived in
" Ohepe." In 1566 the Court books of the Goldsmiths' Company show
that out of 107 no less than seventy-six of them resided in Chepe, the
remaining thirty-one in Lombard Street. Three years later there were
only eighty-nine Goldsmiths, of which number sixty-eight lived in
Chepe, and twenty-one in Lombard Street.
Charles I., in order to make the approach to St. Paul's grander, and
to give foreigners an idea of the great wealth of the City by a grand
display of the precious metals, issued several Orders in Council that
no other shops than Goldsmiths' should be situated in its leading
thoroughfare. Eushworth says (vol. ii. p. 28), 1629 : "At this time
the city of London was in great splendour, and full of wealth ; and it
was then a most glorious sight to behold the Goldsmiths' shops, all of
one row in Cheapside, from the end of the street called Old Change,
near Pater Noster Row, unto the open place over against Mercer's
Chapel, at the lower end of Cheap, there being at that time but three
or four shops of other trades that interposed in the row." Whereupon
the Privy Council made an Order "forasmuch as His Majesty had
received information of the unseemliness and deformity appearing in
Cheapside, by reason that divers men of mean trades had shops there
among the Goldsmiths, it was his express pleasure to have that disorder
removed."
Again, in 1631: "After several debates before the King and
Council, it was ordered that the Company of Goldsmiths should take
order that within a short time, limited, Goldsmiths' Row in Cheapside
and Lombard Street should be supplied with Goldsmiths ; and that
those who keep shops scatteringly in other parts of the city should
have shops procured for them in Cheapside or Lombard Street, upon
penalty that those of the Assistants and Livery that did not take care
herein should lose their places. And it was further ordered, for the
time to come, that all such who should serve their apprenticeships to
Goldsmiths, and thereupon were made free, should enter into bonds
not to keep a Goldsmith's shop in any other part of the city than in
Cheapside or Lombard Street; and that the Lord Mayor should take
care that shops be provided for them at moderate and indifferent rates."
In 1634 another imperative command was issued that ''whereas in
Goldsmiths' Row and in Cheapside and Lombard Street divers shops
are held by persons of other trades, whereby that uniform show which
was an ornament to those places and a lustre to the City is now greatly
diminished, It is ordered that all the shops in Goldsmiths' Row are to
be occupied by none but Goldsmiths, and all the Goldsmiths who
keep shops in other parts of the City are to resort thither, or to
Lombard Street or Cheapside."
In 1637 another tyrannical order threatened the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen with imprisonment unless they enforced at once the King's
command that all shops should be closed in Cheapside and Lombard
Street that were not Goldsmiths' shops. This document enumerates
all the shops, twenty-four in number, still occupied by other trades.
PAGEANTS.
The "Ridings" as they were termed, or processions, were of early
origin, sometimes to meet the Sovereign or Royal visitors at the
entrance-gate of the city, usually Temple Bar, being on the highway
from Westminster, where the King's palace stood, or the procession of
the Mayor of the City, on his election, to receive the approval of the
King or his Chief Justice. On these occasions he was accompanied
not only by his own Company, but by the trade guilds of others ; they
generally went on horseback, with banners streaming, triumphal cars,
&c. Gorgeous pageants, which sometimes moved along by machinery
within their bases, or were drawn by horses richly caparisoned, followed
in the train, accompanied by men in armour, aldermen, liverymen with
whifflers to clear the way, woodmen, or savages, with their clubs,
javelin-men, bands of music, and all the paraphernalia incident to the
occasion. In the mayoralty of Sir John Norman, 1621, the usual
route was varied by taking water at Queenhithe, or Blackfriars, and
proceeding in barges to Westminster. These have been described by
Lydgate and others, but we will confine our accounts to those espe-
cially of the Goldsmiths' Guild.
In the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries the annual processions
took place with exceptional hindrances, such as visitations of the
plague, or other calamities. In the 17th century they were interrupted
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by the Civil War. From 1639 to 1655 no pageants or displays of
any kind took place, and the Puritans looked with horror upon such
vanities. They were, however, revived in their pristine magnificence
in the year of the Restoration of Charles II., in 1660. Again, from
1664 to 1671, the great lire and the plague put a stop to them for
a time, to be revived in more prosperous years.
In order to give some idea of the magnificent and costly displays
on occasions of Royal visits to the City on Lord Mayor's day and his
inauguration, we annex the description of a pageant got up by the
Goldsmiths' Company on the election of one of the Craft to serve
the office of Mayor in 1687, entitled : —
" London s Triumph , or the Goldsmiths Jubilee.
" Performed on Saturday, October xxix. 1687, for the confirmation
and entertainment of the Rt. Honble. Sir John Shorter, Knight,
Goldsmith, Lord Mayor of the City of London, containing a descrip-
tion of the several Pageants, &c, for the entertainment of his Majesty,
who, with his consort, the Queen Dowager, the prince and princess
of Denmark, &c, honour his Lordship this year with their presence.
" All set forth at the proper costs and charges of the Worshipful
Company of Goldsmiths by M. Taubman.
" The first pageant is a spacious Triumphant Chariot of Gold,
curiously contrived, with all the elegancy of Art and Invention,
gloriously set round with precious stones and various coloured jewels
of inestimable value, adorned with several pleasant and delightful
figures, as well artificial as natural, lively representing and properly
appertaining to the solemnity of the day.
" About the middle of this glorious structure, on an ascent of State
up to a throne, sits Astraea, the goddess of Justice, a person of
majestic aspect, attired in a long robe of silver, a veil of silver fringed
with gold, and on her head a coronet of silver set with stars. In her
right hand she beareth a touchstone, the distinguisher of sterling from
counterfeit, Truth from Falsehood ; and in her left hand a golden
beam or balance with silver scales, to weigh everything impartially
according to the standard of Truth and Equity. She is placed between
two leopards' heads as the stamp and standard of the Company,
invested with a wreath of stars, as an Emblem of the Celestial sphere
from which she descended. She is attended by Prudence, Temper-
ance, Courage, and Concord. This stately chariot is drawn by two
golden unicorns excellently carved and painted, with equal proportion
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to the life; with trappings of gold and silver, their bridles richly
beset with precious stones, supporters of the Company's arms.
" The Second Pageant represents a spacious laboratory with the
operators and artificers, with forges, anvils, hammers, and all instru-
ments proper for the mystery of the Goldsmiths. In the middle of
the frontispiece sits St. Dunstan, the Ancient Patron and Tutelar
Guardian of the Company, canonically attired with cope and mitre ; a
crozier in his left hand, and in his right a pair of Goldsmiths' Tongues,
as an emblem of his Patronage ; he is attended by Orpheus and
Amphion playing upon melodious instruments, &c. A display of plate
in shops, &c, The Assay Master, Miners, &c.
" St. Dunstan then speaks a speech, which finishes thus : —
Of the proud Cham I scorn to be afear'd,
I '11 take the Angry Sultan by the beard.
Nay, should the Devil intrude amongst your foes
(Enter Devil.)
Devil— -What then ?
St. Dunstan. — Snap, thus, I have him by the nose.
" The third pageant represents a ship.
" The fourth pageant, the Temple of Janus.
" The whole finishes with a song to the King, which is sung at
the Feast on the conclusion of the Pageants."
In the Bodleian Library is a copy of the order of the day on the
occasion of the inauguration of Sir Charles Duncombe, Knt., Gold-
smith, Lord Mayor 1708-9, on which day the literary part of the
pageant was written by the celebrated Elkanah Settle. The title
runs thus : —
" The Triumphs of London ; for the inauguration of the Right
Honble. Sir Charles Duncombe, Knt., Lord Mayor of the Citie of
London, containing the description (and also the sculptures) of the
Pageants and the whole solemnity of the day. Performed on Friday,
the 29th October, anno 1708. All set forth at the proper cost and
charge of the Honorable Company of Goldsmiths."
THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY.
The organisation of the governing body of the Guild was formerly
in the election of persons well skilled in the Goldsmiths' Craft, to act
as arbiters of disputes, and understand thoroughly the technical
working of the precious metals, reform abuses, inflict punishment on
offenders, &c. It consists of a Master or Prime Warden, and three
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other Wardens selected from a Court of Assistants, which being at
the present day self-elected, and not being, as formerly, chosen by the
trade, numbers among them very few Goldsmiths.
1st Edward III. (1326). " That those of the said trade may, by
virtue of such letters patent, elect lawful, honest and sufficient men,
best skilled in the said trade, to inquire of the matters aforesaid; and
that they so chosen may, upon due consideration of the said craft,
reform what defects they find therein, and thereupon inflict due
punishment upon the offenders."
" The Wardens were usually divided, at a later period, into a Prime
Warden (always an Alderman of London), a second Warden, and
two renter Wardens."
The Company at this period (temp. Edward I.) were all actually
Goldsmiths, with the exception of their chaplain, legal advisers,
clerk, and a few others who were admitted members.
The importance of members of the Court of Assistants being actually
persons of the trade, in order to understand the assay, and on other
professional accounts, is strenuously insisted upon in the " Touchstone
for Goldsmiths' Wares," which observes "that Goldsmiths in the
City and liberties, as to their particular trade, are under the Gold-
smiths' Company's control, whether members or not, and ought to he
of their own Company, though, from mistake or design, many are free
of others. For the Wardens, being, by their charters and the statutes,
appointed to survey, assay, and mark the silver-work, and to be chosen
from members, such choice must sometimes fall upon them that are
of other trades, or not skilled in their curious art of making assays of
gold and silver, and consequently unable to make a true report of
the goodness thereof; or else the necessary attendance thereon is too
great a burden for the Wardens. Therefore they (the Wardens) have
appointed an assay-master, called by them their Deputy Warden,
allowing him a considerable yearly salary, and who takes an oath for
the due performance of his office."
The portraits hanging in the Court-room at Goldsmiths' Hall are —
Sir Thomas Viner, Mayor 1653.
Sir Martin Bowes, Mayor 1545.
Sir Hugh Myddelton.
Charles Hosier, Esq.
In the Ball-room — -
A portrait of George III., and a painting by Hudson (the master
of Sir Joshua Eeynolds) — a very curious picture of Benn's Club,
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a jovial society of members of the Company, with portraits of Sir
J. Rawlinson, Robert Alsop, Edward Ironside, William Benn, Sir
N. Marshall, and T. Blachford. Benn had sufficient influence over
them (being a staunch old Jacobite) to induce them to go down to
his house in the Isle of Wight, and drink to the success of Prince
Charlie. Given in 1752.
THE GREAT FIRE OF 1666.
Destruction of Plate.
In the fifteenth century the stock of plate does not appear to have
been very great, and the following extracts from their books show
that they were not in a very flourishing condition as regards their
finances.
1452. One Thomas Harrison, goldsmith, considering how much
the Company was indebted, and their livelihood ruinous and in
decline, " great part of which could not be helped without great and
notable cost," had, " of his blessed dispocition," given Twenty Pounds
towards making a parlour in one of the Company's houses in Wood
Street.
1468. The plate in the treasury is stated to consist of —
2 Gallon Potts, parcel gilt, weighing 82 lbs. 3 ounces.
2 Standing Cups of one sort, chased, silver and gilt,
with two coverlets, weighing 26 lbs. 5 ounces.
They were content to use at this time a more modest service of
pewter : —
1470. For a garnish of two dozen of pewter vessels to serve the
Company, £1 1 7s. 6d.
During the two hundred years which followed, plate flowed into
the treasury from various sources, in the shape of gifts, fines, &c,
most of which was fortunately preserved from destruction in the
great fire of 1666 ; but within twelve months the greater part was
melted down to meet their expenses of building a new Hall, and
other pressing demands, as appears by the following entries in their
books : —
1666. 15th September. This being the first meeting of the
Wardens and Assistants since the late lamentable fire, Sir Charles
Doe made known that, having now obtained the keys of the Company's
treasury, he had thence taken out all their late writings and other
their concerns, for the present preservation of them, and that he
caused the same to be removed to a bouse at Edmonton, well known
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to Mr. Brattle, Deputy Assayer, who affirmeth that all is there well
secured. For which careful and prudent act of the said Sir Charles
Doe, the thanks of the Wardens and Assistants present are given him."
" It was ordered at the same meeting that the Company's plate, so
soon as Sir Robert Viner's house is fitted up, be brought from
Edmonton, and then lent to the said Sir Robert, who is Sheriff elect,
to be by him used in his Shrievalty, and which Mr. Wardens are
entreated to deliver to him by Inventory indented, as in like case
hath been accustomed."
On the 13th October 1666, the Company's plate was delivered to
Sir Robert Viner during his Shrievalty; as agreed.
On the 5th July 1667, the following resolution was passed : —
" In consideration of the many urgent and pressing occasions of
the Company, for the raising of money for their present service, and
more especially for that of repairing the Hall, which, should it be
omitted at this season, might endanger the falling of the walls now
standing ; and that the Company have no occasion to make use of
their plate, nor place convenient where the same may be secured;
it is at this Court agreed that all, or at least such part thereof as
is not serviceable, shall be sold. Yet with such respect to the
Benefactors' gifts, as that such as shall be parted with, the Coats
of Arms and I?iscrij)tio??s may be carefully taken, and the same
recorded in the Company's Court books, in order that such amount
of plate may be restored, and made again, when the Company shall
be thereunto enabled."
Following the above entry is a note of the arms and inscriptions
of these pieces of plate, and the several weights, with others being
the Company's proper plate ; among them we find : —
A cup and cover given by Mr. Leadham, with his coat of arms,
and these words about
" This gift I leave among my friends
Of that which God did give,
That when I die this gift of mine
Among my friends may live."
A cup by Robert South. Others given by John Terry, Anthony
Bradshaw, John Acton, Richard Martin, William Symonds, Mr.
Maninge, James Feake White, William Daniel, Richard Morell, George
Courthope, &c,
A cup and cover by Robert Shirley the elder, in 1612, 93 J ounces.
It does not appear that these were ever remade, as resolved at the
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meeting, or, if they were, they have not been considered worthy of
exhibition as fine examples of Goldsmiths' work. The leading pieces
now in their possession are : — A helmet-shaped ewer and salver, made
by Paul de Lamerie in 1741, and a two-handled cup and cover, of
1739, by the same maker; a salt-cellar, the gift of Richard Rogers
in 1632 ; another salt-cellar, the gift of Simon Gibbon in 1632 ; and a
salt with crystal cylinder, the gift of Thomas Seymour in 1693 ; two
cups and covers, given by John Saunders, made 1672 and 1674 ;
three flagons made in 1779 ; a pair of vases and covers, chased with
classical subjects, made in 1740 and 1741 ; and two fine Augsburg
cups of the 16th century.
The Wardens' dinner, after the meeting alluded to, on the 5th
July 1667 :—
"2 legs of mutton and £ collyflowers,' 1 leg of veal and bacon,
1 sirloin of beef, 2 rabbits, 1 dozen of chickens, 12 twelvepenny
tarts, 3 lb. of sugar, strawberries and raspberries ; 6 bottles of
canary, 12 bottles of claret, 6 bottles of white wine."
The destruction of many fine pieces of plate in the Great Fire of
London is thus alluded to in the Minutes of the following Companies,
at their meetings held immediately after it had subsided, which may
interest some of our readers : —
Merchant Tailors. — On the 20th September 1666 (only seventeen
days after the commencement of the fire), it was ordered, at a Court
specially summoned, that " the Master and Wardens, or any three of
them, do view the Company's plate that is melted in the late dreadful
fire, and do treat with Mr. Taylor at the Tower, or any other person,
about the refining of the same to the best advantage." Two hundred
pounds weight of silver were collected and sold, in order to begin
raising a fund to erect a new building. The only plate then in their
possession is recorded in 1687: — 2 basins (rose-water dishes, one
given by William Offley, date 1590, the other 1597), 131 oz. 10 dwt.,
diameter 19 in. ; candlestick and snuffers, 35 oz. 14 dwt. ; Fan head,
21 oz.; 2 cups and covers, the gift of James Churchman, 100 oz. ;
2 ewers, 64 oz. ; cup and cover, the gift of John Brett, senr., 91 oz.
3 dwt., given 1680 ; another cup, weighing 97 oz., given by John
Brett, jun., in 1680.
The Grocers. — On the 9th November 1666, the Wardens gave the
following particulars : — " Of the Company's plate melted in the Hall
in the late violent and destructive fire, and of the melted parcels
taken up and put together, with the Company's urgent occasions for
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a supply of money," it was ordered " that the same plate (amounting
to 200 lbs. weight of metal) should be sold and be disposed of to the
best advantage of the Company."
The Drapers.— On the 25th October 1666, the Court learning
that the Renter- Warden was deficient in £446 of the Company's
money, which he had left in a cupboard of the treasury, and had
fallen into the fire when the Hall was burned, and that part had been
found, but much defaced, and the rest supposed to be melted in the
rubbish, exonerated him from the repayment, and ordered that the
part recovered should be refined by a silversmith." At the same
meeting it was further ordered that " the Company's plate, which had
been put into a mouth or well of the common sewer in the Garden
for its preservation, should be forthwith taken up and secured."
GOLD PLATE.
Silver-gilt plate was frequently designated as gold, and generally
so called, which has misled many people who imagined that the richer
metal was not of rare occurrence. Tn fact, the difference between gold
and finely- gilt silver could not, without actually testing the piece, be
detected, as the Hall marks for both old standard gold and old standard
silver were identical. This anomaly was not remedied until as recently
as 1844, when an Act was passed to omit the stamp of the lion
passant, and substitute the quality of gold by numbers, denoting the
purity in carats with a crown above ; thus 22-carat gold now bears a
crown and 22 ; 18-carat gold was stamped with a crown and 18 in 1798.
Pure gold plate may easily be known by its weight compared with
silver, weighing more than half as much again, and the relative value
will account for its rare occurrence. For example, the gold cup and
cover belonging to the Earl of Craven, weighing 117 ounces, would,
without the fashion or cost of making, be intrinsically worth about
£500 ; the same in silver, only £30.
The list of pure gold vessels which have come under our notice is
astonishingly small, and are here enumerated: —
1. A two-handled cup and cover of the 17th century, given by
Bishop Hall to Exeter College, Oxford.
2. A cup, on baluster stem and foot, engraved with arms of York
and Rawdon ; presented by Marmadake Rawdon to the Corporation
of York in 1672. Weight, 26 oz., 18 dwt. Height, 8f inches.
3. Cup and cover (plain body ; the cover has a ring of a coiled
serpent, engraved with scrolls) with two handles. Hall mark of 1673.
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Maker, T.N. The property of /. W. Walrond, Esq. Height,
3¥ inches. Diameter, 4f inches.
4. A chocolate cup and a cover with three helmets to form a stand,
engraved with Chinese figures, one handle. It has the well-known mark,
R.L. Date about 1680. Found in the lake at Knowsley. In the posses-
sion of the Earl of Derby. Height, 4J inches. Diameter, 4 inches.
5. A small porringer with two handles and a cover, of the year
1680, belonging to the Corporation of Oxford.
6. A pair of massive gold ice-pails, cylindrical, with lion's head and
ring handles, weighing 365 ounces, given by Queen Anne to the great
Duke of Marlborough; date about 1710. Earl Spencer.
7. A two-handled cup, made by Paul de Lamerie in J 717, is stated
to be at Berkeley Castle (mark, LA. crowned) ; a legacy from the
Countess of Berkeley to her daughter, Lady Betty Germaine.
8. A cup presented to Sir Charles Gould, Bart., by the Equitable
Assurance Company in 1780 ; in possession of Lord Tredegar.
9. A salver is stated to be among the plate of William IV., at
Windsor Castle.
10. A cup and cover of recent make, handsomely chased, made
from gold obtained in the Castell Candochan mines, in Merioneth-
shire; belonging to Sir Watkin W. Wy?in, Bart.
11. Round salver, made by Paul Storr in 1801, inscribed " Rundell
et Bridge fecerunt." — Duke of Rutland.
12. Beautiful helmet-shaped cup, engraved with the arms of the
Duke of Devonshire ; made by Pierre Platel in 1701, (This gold-
smith entered his mark of PL., crowned, in 1699 ; Lamerie's mark of
LA. was not entered until 1712.)
13. Oval salver, to correspond; same date and maker. Duke of
Devonshire.
14. Plateau, made from gold boxes in which the freedom of the cities
and towns of Ireland were presented to the Marquis of Hartington
when Lord Lieutenant in 1755. Made by Paul Storr in 1813. Engraved
with the Arms of Irish cities and of Cavendish. Duke of Devonshire.
15. A racing cup is said to be in existence, engraved with a race-
horse and jockey; inscribed, " Saltby Stakes."
16. Two-handled cup and cover ; inscribed. " This cup of massy
gold was the gift of Edward, Lord Leigh, to William, Lord Craven,
one of his lordship's guardians and trustees, a.d. 1765." Hall mark,
1764-5. Maker |TvP| Thomas Powell, Craig's Court, Charing Cross.
Weight, 117 ounces. The Earl of Craven.
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ENGLISH GOLDSMITHS.*
Among the celebrated goldsmiths of a remote period — who, it will
be remembered, were frequently artists and designers of architec-
ture, as well as sculptors, painters, and workers in the precious
metals, and excelling in one or more of the fine arts — we shall include
in our list several of foreign extraction, but who must have resided
for a lengthened period in England, judging from the beautiful
examples extant, and their elaborate workmanship, many of which are
still preserved in this country.
We give a probably imperfect record of their names and the
well-known specimens of their art which have rendered them famous
all over Europe, confining ourselves as much as possible to those of
our own country.
Saint Dunstan (Patron of English Goldsmiths).
10th century. — Dunstan of Glastonbury, where he was born a.d.
925. His father's name was Herstan ; his mother's, Cynedrida. He
entered a monastery when young, and probably learned there the
goldsmith's art, as well as devoting himself to a religious life. When
he left, he erected a cell in which was a forge as well as an oratory,
adjacent to the Church of Glastonbury ; employing his time partly in
devotional austerities and partly in the exercise of making ecclesi-
astical vessels and ornaments for the church, such as crosses, censers,
and chalices, as well as goldsmith's work in general, both for the
clergy and laity. He instituted the Order of Benedictine Friars, one
of its rules being the prohibition of marriage, which, it is said,
originated from a disappointment in love he met with in early life.
While working at his forge and anvil on one occasion, a mysterious
person entered his cell to give an extensive order for plate, but
Dunstan discovered that his visitor was no less a person than the
devil himself in disguise, on which he immediately took the red-hot
tongs from the fire and seized His Infernal Majesty by the nose ; the
unexpected application made him roar and bellow so as to disturb
the whole neighbourhood. So runs the tradition, which has been
* Mr. F. G. Hilton Price has kindly furnished us with his pamphlet of " Notes on the
Early Goldsmiths and Bankers, to the close of the XVII. Century," to which we have
made frequent reference. (Proceedings of the London and Middlesex Archaeological
Society, vol. t.)
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carried down to this day, and implicitly believed by the faithful through
many ages. Dunstan, however, at length attracted the notice of the
Saxon king, Athelstan, and he was made Abbot of Glastonbury in the
year 942 by his successor, King Edmund, who supplied him with
money to restore the Abbey. He continued in favour with Edred and
Edwy, and was raised by them to the dignities of Bishop of
Worcester, subsequently Bishop of London, and in 959 he became
Archbishop of Canterbury. On the accession of Ethelred II. in 979,
his influence with that monarch declined, and he was deposed ; but
although shortly reinstated, he was so mortified that he died of grief
and vexation in a.d. 988, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
He was canonized as Saint, and from his high appointments in the
State, combined with his previous employment as goldsmith and
worker in the precious metals, he was chosen patron of the Goldsmiths
of England, and especially by the Goldsmiths' Company of London,
who paid to his memory honours without end. Their records abound
with notices of ceremonials and observances to their Patron Saint on
special occasions. Their gorgeous Hall was adorned with his image
of silver-gilt set with gems and precious stones of fabulous price.
Much of their plate bore his effigy. They had " St. Dunstan's Light"
kept constantly burning in St. John Zachary's Church, the cost of
maintaining which formed an annual item in their Wardens' accounts.
They had a chapel also in St. Paul's Cathedral.
In 1460, " On St. Dunstan's Eve all the hoole companye of the
Lyverye shall assemble at the Hall in their second lyverye and shall
have iiij chapeleynes to wayte and goo before them to Pawls " (St.
Paul's). On its being debated whether St. Dunstan's day should be
kept by shutting up their shops and keep holiday, the Company
agreed to do so. He is designated in their books " Seynt Dunstan,
our blessed Patron, Protector, and Founder," and on their feast days
they drank to his memory from a great and costly cup, surmounted
by a statuette of the Saint, called " St. Dunstan's Cupt" He was
considered as having been a brother of the craft ; indeed, some of his
handicraft was extant in 1280, for in the wardrobe accounts of Edward I.
is noted " A gold ring with a sapphire of the workmanship of St.
Dunstan." However, all these observances ceased at the Reformation.
Under date 1550, the Company change their election day, and
discard the religious ceremonies from St. Dunstan's day to that of the
Holy Trinity ; but still their festivities were continued. A few years
earlier (in 1547, October 4), we read, "At the assembly on this day
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Mr. Wardens desired to know the pleasure of the assistants for the
ymage of Seint Dunstan, because of the Injunctions/ and they agreed
that "Mr. Alderman Bowes (Sir Martin), and the Wardens with iiij
other, soche as they sholde appoynte, sholde take the same ymage and
breake yt, and turn yt to the moste profett of the house. Also that
the gret standyng cuppe with Seynt Dunston on the topp, sholde
be lykewyse by them bee broken and turned into other plate."
To Dunstan has been attributed the placing of pegs in tankards.
Finding that quarrels very frequently arose in taverns from disputes
about the proper share of the liquor when they drank out of the same
cup, he advised Edgar to order gold or silver pegs to be fastened at
regulated distances in the pots, that every man should know his just
allowance. The space between each peg contained half a pint.
We must not leave unnoticed the splendid tapestry used for the
decoration of Goldsmiths' Hall, made at a great expense in Flanders,
illustrating events in the history of St, Dunstan; the entire expense
of which work was JuooO. The Wardens' accounts contain some
interesting items: "Paid Mr, Gerard Hughes for the rich arras for the
hanging of the Hall; for devising the story; for making the stories
in black and white ; to four masters, every one of them sixteen days
at a shilling a day ; for a boy to sharpen their colours (chalks) ;
for the translation of the story out of English into Dutch, that the
foreign workmen might understand it : to Mr. Hughes for costs and
charges, lying in Flanders, and for canvas, &c."
A.D. 872-900. — Alfred the Great, although not actually a practical
goldsmith, greatly encouraged, and probably superintended, the
working of the precious metals into jewellery and plate.
The business of a goldsmith was held in great repute by the Anglo-
Saxons, and a poem in that language, speaking of the various con-
ditions of men, contains lines which may be thus translated : — -
" For one a wondrous skill
In goldsmith's art
Is provided,
Full oft he decorates
And well adorns
A powerful King's noble,
And he to him gives broad
Lands in recompence."
Asser, the friend and biographer of Alfred the Great, tells us that
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when he had secured peace and protection to his subjects, he resolved
to extend to them a knowledge of the Arts ; for this purpose he
collected from many nations numerous skilful artificers, the most
expert in their respective trades. Among these were many workers
in gold and silver, who, acting under his instructions, executed with
incomparable skill many articles in these metals. In striking corro-
boration of this account, a most beautiful and interesting example is
preserved in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, called the Alfred
Jewel ; this golden brooch, or locket, is of oval shape, richly wrought,
and decorated with an enamel portrait outlined with gold cloisons on
a piece of rock-crystal ; around the bust, in Saxon characters, are the
words Aelfred me Itaet gewercan (Alfred had me wrought). It was
discovered in 1693 in the Isle of Athelney (near the Abbey), where
Alfred retreated in a.d. 878, and fortified it against the Danes ; the
portrait may not improbably be that of the King himself.
A.D. 600. — St. Eloi, Bishop of Noyon, was born in 588 at Catalac
in Limoges, and received the name Eligius (chosen by God) as a
prognostic of his great destiny He was chosen Patron of French
Goldsmiths, having succeeded St. Martial, or Marcel. He was
apprenticed to a goldsmith named Abbo, and when he was perfected
in his art he went to Neustria, and made acquaintance with the
treasurer of King Clothaire, named Bobbo, who introduced him, and
he was entrusted by the King with a mass of gold to make a fauteuil,
to be incrusted with precious stones. With the quantity of gold he
had received he made two fauteuils, instead of one, as ordered. The
King was astonished to see two instead of one, and exclaimed : " One
can judge from this act of the confidence which may be placed in
the conduct of more important things." He advanced speedily in his
art, and made a great number of gold vases set with precious stones
and other jewels, assisted by his apprentice, Thillon. King Dagobert
placed the same confidence in Eloi : he was the founder of the mon-
astery of Solignac, which, like others of the same time, were schools of
the liberal arts, especially that of goldsmith. Thillon was made abbot.
Numerous vessels of gold and silver were made by him for the churches,
especially for St. Denis. The chair above alluded to is preserved in
the Cabinet des Antiques at Paris — traditionally attributed to Eloi —
as wTell as an altar-cross, set with precious stones, made by order of
King Dagobert, at St. Denis. Saint Eloi, Bishop of Noyons, founded
several other monasteries, which contained ateliers for the manufacture
of ecclesiastical ornaments ; but'* we have already exceeded our pro-
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posed limits, and notice his decease in 659. His name is here
introduced, being chosen as Patron of the Guild of " Hammermen "
of Scotland, or Smiths, among which Goldsmiths were anciently in-
cluded, until those of Edinburgh obtained a separate charter in 1586,
confirmed in 1687.
600. — Thillon, pupil of St. Eloi, before mentioned, was of Saxon
or English origin.
12th century .—Brithnodus, Abbot of Ely, was a worker in gold
and silver. Four images made by him, covered with silver gilt and
precious stones, were stripped to appease the resentment of William
the Conqueror.
12th century.— Leo, a contemporary of Brithnodus, was by him
instructed in the goldsmith's art.
12th century. — Elsinus, his successor, made a reliquary for the
bones of St. Kindreda. The Abbey was able to. offer William the
Conqueror a thousand marks by the sacrifice of gold and silver orna-
ments, after the resistance made in the island by the Saxons.
12th century. — Baldwin, a goldsmith (probably a monk of the
Abbey of St. Albans), is mentioned by Matthew Paris as the maker
of a large cup of gold for Eobert, Abbot of St. Albans, " which was
adorned with flowers and foliages of the most delicate workmanship,
and set with precious stones in the most elegant manner." His
Latinised name was Bauduinus.
12th century. — Robert, Abbot of St. Albans, is noticed by Mathew
Paris as being a skilful goldsmith. He made two remarkable
reliquaries, covered with golden images, and other choice works in
gold and silver. He was a great promoter of the goldsmith's art, and
under his supervision many artistic and sumptuous objects were
fabricated.
11th century. — Vulfuin, or Vulfinus, a monk of Chichester, who
was a goldsmith in the 11th century, is mentioned by Ordoricus
Vitalis. From the similarity of the name of the goldsmith Wolvinus,
who made the Paliotto of Milan, in 835, some confusion has arisen.
12th century.— Ralph Flael, in the reign of Henry II., was a gold-
smith and Alderman of London ; he held in demesne the ward of
Aldersgate. He is mentioned in the amerciaments of the guilds
for being adulterine, that is, set up without special license. " Gilda
aurifabrorum unde Kadulfus Flael est Aldermanus."
12th century.— Anketil was a celebrated goldsmith. He was a
monk of St. Albans, and acquired such a reputation for his works in
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the precious metals that he was invited by the King of Denmark to
superintend his goldsmiths' works, and be his banker and money-
changer. A pair of candlesticks, made of silver and gold, and pre-
sented by Eobert, Abbot of St. Albans, to Pope Adrian (our country-
man), were so much esteemed for their exquisite workmanship that
they were consecrated to the basilica of St. Peter at Eome. In the
time of Henry II. the demand for highly-finished trinkets was so great
that many additional artists resorted here from Germany and Italy.
12th century. — Solomon of Ely was a pupil of Anketil of St.
Albans, and assisted him in his works at the monastery.
1090. — Otto, the Elder, goldsmith in the reign of William II., was
appointed Engraver to the Mint.
1100. — Leofstane, goldsmith, flourished in the reign of Henry I.
He was made, by the King, Provost of London, a title antecedent
to that of Mayor.
1130.-— Otto, the Younger, and William Fitz Otto were goldsmiths
in the reign of Henry I., and were severally engravers to the Mint.
11th century. — Theophilus, a monk of the middle of the 11th cen-
tury, was a practical goldsmith, or he could not have described so
minutely the technical details of the goldsmith's trade. His work
entitled " Diversarum Artium Schedula" (Essay on various Arts)
treats of miniature-painting, glass-making, enamel, and the goldsmith's
art so accurately that his instructions can be followed at the present
day. His nationality is disputed ; he has been claimed by Germany,
Italy, and France as a native, or denizen, but it is a moot question,
and why may not England put in a claim ? for we have shown that
these arts were practised in this country successfully in convents at
that early period. He describes the methods of working gold and
silver — 'the necessary tools, the ingredients of the alloy, &c. He was,
at the same time, aurifabrum mirabilem, pictorem doctum et Vitre-
avium sagacem, or three artists in one.
1110. — The celebrated Gloucester Candlestick, preserved in the
South Kensington Museum, must be noticed as an example of English
monkish workmanship, made at Gloucester, a fine example of the
transition period between the Romanesque, or Celtic, and the Gothic.
It is of alloyed silver, and has a straight stem, with three bosses, and
interlaced bands, knots, and pierced foliage supporting men, monsters,
dragons, birds, &c, on a tripod of dragons' claws. It bears several
Latin inscriptions, one of which records its gift by Abbot Peter of
Gloucester to the Church of St. Peter, at Gloucester, It is twenty-
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three inches high. These pricket candlesticks were frequently of large
size. Mr. Pollen, in his South Kensington " Handbook on Gold and
Silver," says they were used " notably at the festival at Easter, when
new fire is struck from a flint after all lights had been put out on
Good Friday, and a candle of great size is lighted, a type of the new
dawn and the heavenly life of the Resurrection." The most complete
example is the seven-branched candlestick at Milan Cathedral, of gilt
bronze, of about the same date, above fourteen feet high.
1189. — Henry Fitz Alwyn, goldsmith. King Richard I., Cceur de
Lion, in order to maintain the expenses incurred in the Crusades,
levied large subsidies upon the city, and in return granted to the
citizens the privilege of electing their own chief magistrate, who was
designated " Maior/' a title taken from the Norman Maire. The
first elected to this high office was Henry Fitz Alwyn, whose ancestor
Alwyn, cousin of King Edgar, was styled " Alderman of all England."
Henry Fitz Alwyn was mayor for twenty-four years (1189-1213).
\l92-3.— Henry de Cornhill was Warden of the Mint, 4th and 5th
Richard I. In the third year of Richard I. he accounted for the
profits of the Cambium of all England, except Winchester.
1222.— llger, goldsmith, was Master of the Mint in this year.
13th century. — William Fitz Otho, or Otto, in the 6th of King
John (1204) made the dies for the Mint at Chichester, being
Engraver to the Mint.
1243. — Richard Abel, goldsmith, succeeded William Fitz Otho as
Engraver to the Mint (27th Henry III.).
1243. — William Fitz Otho, probably the same mentioned above,
was goldsmith to King Henry III., and made many rich ornaments
for the use and adornment of the Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey.
In the 28th year of this king's reign (1243) he directed Fitz Otho to
make " a dragon in manner of a standard or ensign, of red samit, to
be embroidered with gold, and his tongue to appear as continually
moving, his eyes of sapphires, to be placed in the church against the
King's coming thither." Two years later he ordered the Keeper of
the Exchequer to " buy as precious a mitre as could be found in the
city of London, for the Archbishop's use, and also one great coronal
of silver to set wax candles upon in the said church."
1224. — Everard, a goldsmith of London, was warden of the King's
exchange at the Mint, 9th Henry III.
1255. — William of Gloucester, "the King's Goldsmith," was
Keeper of the Dies, Master of the Mint in 1258. In the 4 1 st Henry III.
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(1256), "This King, as a further ornament for St. Peters (West-
minster Abbey), ordered a sumptuous monument to be erected there,
for his daughter Catharine, deceased, giving order to his treasurer and
his chamberlain of the treasury to deliver to Simon de Welles, five
marks and a half for his expenses in going to London for a certain
brass image to be set upon her tomb, and returning home again. And
upon the same tomb there was also set a silver image ; for the
making of which William of Gloucester, the King's goldsmith, was
paid sixty and ten marks."
1242. — Ralph Eswy, goldsmith, was one of the Sheriffs in 1242.
" In 1243 he was again chosen Mayor and presented to his Lordship
the King at Westminster." (Riley, " Mayors and Sheriffs of London.")
1243. — Hugh TSland, goldsmith, was one of the Sheriffs in 1243.
1300. — Ade, the King's goldsmith in the reign of Edward I., made
many of the gold and silver vessels for the sideboard of that monarch.
In the wardrobe accounts of Edward I. his name frequently occurs;
from which we select the following: " Duo disci argenti pro inter-
ferculis facti per filium Ade Aurifabri Regis de proprio vesselo ipsius
Regis pond vj/i. vijs. iija?."
13th century. — Edivard Fitz Otho, Engraver to the Mint, and Master.
1265.— Thomas Fitz Otho, do. do.
V&O.—Hugh Fitz Otho, do. do.
1290. — Thomas Fitz Otho, do. do.
1294,.— William Fitz Otho* do. do.
1212. — William Fitzwilliam, a goldsmith, about this time founded
at St. Helen's, in Bishopsgate, a priory of Benedictine Nuns, and
probably built a church for them, against that of St. Helen's, which
afterwards came into their possession ; the ruins of the nunnery were
pulled down in 1799. t
1290. — William Torel, goldsmith and citizen of London. It has
been attempted to prove that he was an Italian of the family of
Torelli, but the name of Torel occurs in documents from the time of
the Confessor down to the said William Torel. He is celebrated
* No less than three tenants -in- chief under the Conqueror are entered in Domesday,
under the appellation of " Aurifaber." One of these, Otto Aurifaber, held in Essex ;
and his descendants, under the surname of Fitz Otho, appear to have been almost
hereditary Mint Masters to the Crown for two centuries, becoming extinct about 1300.
f He was the son of " William the Goldsmith." Sir William FitzWilliam, Merchant.
Taylor, servant to Cardinal Wolsey, Alderman of Bread Street Ward, 1506, was a lineal
descendant, from whom is descended the present Earl FitzWilliam. (" Annals of St,
Helens," by Rev. J. E. Cox, D.D.)
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for the beautiful recumbent statue of Eleanor of Castile, Queen of
Edward I., ob. 1290, in Westminster Abbey, on the altar tomb at the
east end of Edward the Confessor's chapel, which has been thus
described : " Her image, most curiously done in brass, gilt with gold,
her hair dishevelled and falling very handsomely about her shoulders,
on her head a crown, under a fine canopy supported by two cherubim,
all of brass gilt." It is well preserved, and uninjured as when
originally placed there. The stone work of the Queen's tomb was
constructed by Master Richard de Crundale, mason. Torel built the
furnace in which the statue was cast in St. Margaret's Church Yard.
Torel also executed the effigy of gilt bronze on the tomb of Henry III.
(1291), in the Confessor's chapel. The shrine of Edward the Con-
fessor, erected by Henry III., when the church was rebuilt, was
decorated with mosaics, the work of Peter the Roman Citizen. The
pavement before the altar was executed by Roman workmen, with
materials brought from Rome. The name of the artist was Odoricus
(1267-8).
A beautiful piece of iron work, overhanging the tomb of Queen
Eleanor, is attributed to Master Thomas de Leghtone in
1294.
1275. — Ralph le Blount, or Le Blund, goldsmith and one of the
wardens of the Company, was Alderman of Bassishaw Ward. He
was Engraver to the Mint in 1267, having succeeded Richard Abel
in that capacity.
1269. — Among the 58 adherents of Simon de Montfort who was
defeated and slain at the battle of Evesham, when Henry III. was
released from prison, were- — Conrad, the goldsmith ; John Fitzpatrick,
goldsmith ; and Hubert, the goldsmith : they were banished the
kingdom with the rest. On the submission of the Barons, they were
heavily fined, and the City of London was obliged to pay 20,000 marks.
(Riley.)
In 1275.=— Michael Thovy, goldsmith, for holding with the Barons,
was imprisoned with others, and, by reason of murders and robberies
imputed to him by the Aldermen, was hanged in 1275. (Riley.)
1275.—- Gregory de Rokesley, a celebrated goldsmith, lived in the
Old Change ; he was Keeper of the King's Exchange and Chief Assay
Master of all the King's mints in England. Sheriff in 1271. He
was eight times Mayor, between 1275 and 1285, when, for refusing
to appear at the Tower as Lord Mayor before the King's justices-
asserting his privilege by throwing off his civic robes at the Church
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of Allhallows, Barking, and then obeying the mandate as a private
individual — he had his office seized, together with the liberties of
the City by John de Kirkeby, the King's treasurer ; and Ralph Sand-
with (not a goldsmith) was appointed " Custos "in lieu of the Mayor,
which office he held from 1286 to 1289. In 1297 the liberties were
restored, and the office of Mayor revived.
In the 8th Edward I. (1279), the value of the coins had become
so deteriorated by clipping, that a new standard of value was established,
and a new coinage issued, which was conducted by an agreement
with William de Turnemire of Marseilles ; groats and half groats
were made as well as sterlings or pennies. The pound of Easterling
money was to contain 12 ounces, to wit, fine silver, such as was
then made into foil, and commonly called l< Silver of Guthurons Lane,"
viz. lloz.2jdwt. The dies for this new money were delivered to
Gregory de Rokesley on the 27th May 1280. (Guthurons Lane led
out of Cheapside, east of Foster Lane, and took its name from a
former resident and owner thereof, it was inhabited principally by
gold-beaters. It is now called Gutter Lane.) Gregory de Rokesley
was buried in Christ's Church, Newgate Street.
13th century. — John of Limoges probably resided many years in
England, and executed the beautiful tomb, enriched with coloured
champ leve enamels, of Walter de Merton, Bishop of Colchester, still
existing in Westminster Abbey.*
1262. — In this year there was a quarrel between the goldsmiths
and the tailors, who met in great bodies, fully armed, with loss on
both sides. The riot was quelled by the Mayor and Aldermen, and
thirteen of the ringleaders executed.
1276. — Jocee, the goldsmith, was Keeper of the Dies and Master of
the Mint in this year.
1279— Sir Thomas de Frowic/c, Alderman of Cheap Ward and
Mayor, was a warden of the Goldsmiths' Company. He is named
in the Parliamentary rolls as the maker of the golden crown for the
coronation of Edward's second Queen, Margaret.
* It was very much the practice in the Middle Ages, especially in monasteries, to
call not only the monks, but people who were instructed therein, by their Christian
names, adding thereto the city or place from whence they came. These Establish-
ments were frequently schools for teaching the various arts and the technicalities of
trades, among which was that of the goldsmith ; by which custom the actual surname
in many instances became altogether forgotten. This was the case, more or less, all
over Europe. Hence we have John of Limoges, William de Gloucester, Solomon of
Ely, Walter de Merton, John de Chichester, Jan Van Delft, Roger of Ely, &c,
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1284. — Laurence Bucket, goldsmith, who had taken shelter in the
tower of Old Bow Church after wounding one Kalph Crepin, was
murdered therein in 1284, for which, says Stow, sixteen persons were
hung, a woman, named Alice, burnt, and many rich persons " hanged
bv the purse." The church was interdicted, the doors and windows
filled with thorns, till it was purified again.
1280. — Sir William Faryng don, goldsmith, Sheriff, 1281, and Mayor,
who gave his name to the City Ward. Faringdon Ward, afterwards
divided into two, "Within1' and " Without," in Hadley's mayoralty,
was originally one x\ldermanry, purchased by William Faryngdon in
1279, and remained in his family for upwards of eighty years. It
was held by the singular tenure of presenting annually at Easter a
gilliflower, a flower formerly of great scarcity.
Stow says that Faryngdon was purchased of Ralph le Feure : " All
the Aldermanrie and the appurtenances within the Citie of London
and suburbs of the same, between Ludgate and Newgate, and also
within the same gates which Ankerirus de Averne held during his life
by grant of Thomas A verne. To have and to hold to the said Ralph
and his heirs, yielding one clove or slip of gilliflower at the feast of
Easter, in consideration of twenty marks," &c. &c.
1308. — Sir Nicholas Faringdon (son of Sir William), of " Chepe,"
goldsmith, was four times Mayor, 1308, 1313, 1320, and 1323.
Warden of the Goldsmith's Company. He was buried at St. Peter's
le Chepe, a church that, before the great fire, stood where the
tree still stands in the churchyard at the corner of Wood
Street.
1307. — John de Louthe and> William de Berkinge, goldsmiths of
London, were the principal jewellers of Queen Isabella, consort of
King Edward II. In a Cottonian MS. communicated to the Society
of Antiquaries by Mr. E. A. Bond, is noticed some jewellery pur-
chased of them by the Queen for £421. Among these were — "A chaplet
of gold, set with balays, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, and pearls,
price £105 ; a crown of gold, set with sapphires and rubies of
Alexandria, price £80 ; a circlet of gold, price £60," &c.
1324-1404. — William of Wykeham, consecrated Bishop of Win-
chester in 1367, is said to have designed the celebrated Gothic
crozier which he left by will, with other plate, to New College, Oxford,
of which he was the founder. His own image is in the volute, kneel-
ing before the Virgin, which last has been removed since the change
of religion.
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His great and useful talents, especially his skill in architecture,
appear to have recommended him to the favour of Edward III. He
persuaded that monarch to pull down a great part of Windsor Castle,
and rebuild it from his plan, in that plain magnificence in which it
now appears ; and many other buildings were restored or rebuilt under
his directions. He died the 27th September 1404.
1332. — Henry de Gloucester, citizen and goldsmith of London.
His will, originally in Latin, is given in Weever's " Funeral Monu-
ments," p. 421. He was buried at St. Helens, London. He bequeaths
to his daughter Elizabeth, vj shillings, being a nun in the said convent
of St. Helen's, &c.
In 1339 three London goldsmiths were retained for a year by the
Chapter of St. Pauls in consequence of a bequest of gold and jewels
to the shrine of St. Erkenwald.
13G9. — John Standulph, goldsmith, his name occurs in a document
of this year. He was Master of the Goldsmith's Company, and was
buried in the Church of St. Foster, Foster Lane.
1309. — Hawkin of Liege, a Flemish artist, executed the figure of
Queen Philippa, which lies upon her tomb in Westminster Abbey,
remarkable for its cushioned head-dress, which is said to be the first
attempt to pourtray the features of the face or an actual likeness.
Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III., was the founder of Queen's
College, Oxford. Around the tomb were placed the statuettes of
thirty royal personages, to whom she was related, the niches only in
which they were placed being in existence. The magnificence of the
work may be imagined from the fact that it contained, when perfect,
more than seventy statuettes besides several brass figures on the
surrounding railing. The tomb of Edward III. (1377), by the same
hand, has been somewhat better preserved, six of the statuettes still
remaining on one side of the monument.*
1350. — Robert de Shordich, senr., Adam de Walpole, John de
Lincoln, and Rafe Comins, goldsmiths, were wardens of the Gold-
smiths' Company in this year. In the records, under the head of
Expenses : " Because all the wardens here mentioned were dead,
expended on the poor '' (sum obliterated). The occasion of their
sudden death was the great plague which desolated the greater part
* The features of the effigy -which lies on the tomb are believed to have been cast
from the King's face as he lay in death, and, as Lord Lindsay says (Christian Art, iii.) :
" The head is almost ideal in its beauty."
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of England, and was especially fatal to the City of London ; the
nature of the ahove entry, and the absence of all entries for the
succeeding year, are appalling proofs.
1323. — Walter de Lincoln, goldsmith, is spoken of as having a
tenement adjoining the eastern site purchased for the Goldsmiths'
Hall, in 1323, in the way called St. Vedast, in the parish of St. John
Zachary, London. In the deed of sale by the executors of Sir
Nicholas de Segrave to Sir William de Swift, Clerk, on behalf of the
Goldsmiths' Company, the witnesses are John de Grantham and Roger
de Ely, Sheriffs of London, Henry de Lecheford, Alderman of the
ward (Aldersgate), Richard de Wyhall, Robert Box, and Thomas de
Lincoln, goldsmiths. Dated 19th May 1323. Of this first erection
of the Hall little is known. The second Hall is supposed to have
been built by Sir Dru Barentine, in 1407.
Lincoln, a goldsmith in the reign of Richard II., 1381, probably
Thomas de Lincoln before mentioned, was summoned, with others,
to give advice as to the best steps to be taken for the preservation of
the coin in England, which had been exported to foreign countries
in large quantities.
1323. — Roger of Ely, goldsmith, was Sheriff of London during the
mayoralty of Sir Nicholas Faringdon. In 1323 the site of the first
Goldsmiths' Hall was purchased. His name is appended as witness
to the deed of sale before referred to.
1326. — Sir Richard Betane, or Britaine, goldsmith, was mayor in
this year.
1357. — Sir John de Chichester was an eminent goldsmith, Master
of the Mint 40th Edward III. (1365), Sheriff 1359, Mayor 1369-70,
in which year William Walworth was Sheriff. His shop was at the
corner of Friday Street, in the Chepe. He made the King's privy seal,
and the wedding jewellery for the King's son and the Lady Blanche.
In Riley's "Memorials of London," we find the particulars of a
present of plate from the City of London to Edward the Black
Prince, on his return from Gascony in 1371, from which we quote
two items as an example of the manner of expressing weight and
value in the 14th century by the Tower pound, which was given at
the Mint in coined money in exchange for the bullion received by the
Mint in Troy pounds, a profit thereby accruing of three-quarters of
an ounce in the exchange of each pound weight converted into money,
which was the King's prerogative until the Tower pound was abolished
in 1527 : — " Bought of John de Chichestre, Goldsmith, 48 esqueles
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(eouelles) and 24 salt-cellars, by Goldsmiths' weight, £70 5s, 0d.,
adding six shillings in the pound with the making, total £109 0s. 9d. ;
also 6 chargers' weight, £14 18s. 9d., which amounts, with the
making, to £21 7s. 2d.," &c. Goldsmiths' weight (poids d'orfevres)
was the same as the Tower weight.
1334. —The four wardens of the Company were Thomas de Berkele,
Richard Lonerye, John de Makenhened, Simon de Berking.
1337. — The four wardens of the Company : Thomas de Rokesley,
Richard Loner eye, John de Kingeston, and another name illegible.
1339. — -The four wardens of the Company : Nicholas de Walyng-
wick, William D'Espagne, Robert de Shordich, jun., Nicholas de
Farndon.
1340. — The four wardens of the Company : Richard Dengs, Robert
de Shordich, sen., Robert le Marechal, John de Kyngeston.
1349. — John Walpole, goldsmith, was buried in Allhallows Church,
Bread Street, 1349.
1349. — -Simon de Berking, " Aurifaber, London ; liberavit unum
caput de auro, Sancti Mathei, cum una mitr' (mitre ) garniat' cum
perr' et perlis, et unum ped' de argento cum duobus angelis " (Kal.
Exch.). The golden chef and the silver foot were reliquaries.
1366. — Thomas Hessey, goldsmith to Edward III., for whom he
furnished a quantity of table plate ; also " plate bought of Thomas
Hessey, goldsmith of London, and presented to the Constable of
Flanders and others, as gifts from the King." 39th Edward HI.
1370. — John Walsh, goldsmith of London. Edward IV. bought
of him a silver gilt cup, decorated with enamel.
1360. — Thomas Raynham, goldsmith. His name occurs in the
Royal Wardrobe Accounts as one of Edward III.'s goldsmiths.
14th century. — Godfrey, of Wood Street.
1369. — Simon le Maserer, goldsmith, is meutioned among the
benefactors to the Goldsmiths' Company. He also left money for his
obit at St. Dunstan's Chapel, in St. Paul's. Simon was so called
from being a maker of silver-mounted masers, as bowls and cups
were formerly called, and were in general use at that period, made of
maple or other hard wood, mounted in silver, with broad bands,
frequently inscribed and chased.
1300. — John Hyltoft. In 1369 (42nd Edward III.) an agreement,
still extant, was entered into between the Goldsmiths' Company and
the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, for maintaining a chantry in the
Chapel of St. Dunstan in that Cathedral for the soul of John Hyltoft,
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goldsmith of London. The date at which the Goldsmiths founded
this chapel we know not, hut that they maintained its altar in great
splendour is evident, from mention in the account of items of expendi-
ture connected therewith. There is an inventory of silver vessels
extant, bought of the executors of John Hiltoft, goldsmith, 42nd
Edward III. (1369).
1388. — Sir Nicholas Twyford was goldsmith to Edward III.
Sheriff in 1377. Mayor in 1388. He is mentioned in the accounts
of the Company of 1379. He was knighted, with Sir William Walworth,
in 1388. He was buried in the Church of St. John Zacharyin 1390,
which church he had rebuilt.
1389. — John Edmund, goldsmith, Engraver to the Mint, appointed
by Richard II.
1390-91.— Sir Adam Bamme, goldsmith, Sheriff 1382, Mayor in
1391 and 1396-97. " In a great dearth, he procured corn from parts
beyond the sea, in sufficient abundance to serve the city and the
countries near adjoining; to the furtherance of which good work he
took out of the orphans' chest in the Guildhall two thousand marks
to buy the said corn, and each alderman laid out twenty pounds to
the like purpose." He was buried in the Church of St. George, Botolph
Lane, where his son, Richard Bamme, of Gillinghara, Kent, also lies,
ob. 1452.
1380. — The four wardens of the Goldsmiths' Company in this
year were Robert Lucas, John Cramb, Her re Bame, and Her re
Malvayne.
1400. — Sir Drugo, or Dru, Barentyne, goldsmith, was twice Mayor,
1398, 1408, Sheriff in 1393, M.P. for the City of London 1394.
He lived in Foster Lane. He built the second Goldsmiths' Hall, in
1407. In 1395 a singular grant was issued to Margaret, Countess
of Norfolk, and Drugo Barentyne, goldsmith of London, licensing
them to melt down groats, half-groats, and sterlings, or pennies, to
the amount of £100, and to make thereof a silver vessel for the use
of the said Margaret, notwithstanding the Statute. It is not easy
to ascertain the object of this grant, for it is scarcely possible that
there was not a sufficiency of bullion in another form to be readily
obtained. " He gave fair lands to the goldsmiths," according to
Stow, "and dwelled right against the Goldsmiths' Hall, betweene the
which Hall and his dwelling-house he builded a gallory thwarting the
streete, whereby he might go from one to the other." He was buried
in the Church of St. John Zachary, on the 15th December 1415.
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1395. — Thomas Pole, goldsmith, was buried in the Church of* St.
Matthew, Friday Street, in 1395.
1399. — John Mayhew. " Paid for a stone of adamant, ornamented
and set in gold, xl It" 1st Henry IV. (Devon's "Pell Eecords.")
The stone of adamant was a loadstone — frequently worn about the
person as an amulet against maladies — set in metal.
1400. — Walter Prest and Nicholas Broker executed in gilt metal
the effigies of Richard II. and Anne of Bohemia, in the Confessor's
Chapel, Westminster Abbey, in the beginning of the 15th century.
In the Kalendar of the Exchequer, 18th Richard II., is a copy of the
indenture for the construction of the tomb of Richard II. and his
Queen, in Westminster Abbey, between the King and Master Yevele
and Stephen Lote, stonemasons (latomos), for a marble tomb for
Anna, recently Queen of England, and the said Lord King ; also an
indenture between the King and Nicholas Broker and Walter Prest,
" coppersmiths " of London, to make two statues (ymagines) in the like-
ness of the King and Queen, of brass and laton gilt upon the said
marble tomb ; with other clauses contained in the indenture ; also
a design or model (patron) of the likenesses of the King and
Queen, from which model the said work was to be completed.
This tomb was placed in the Abbey before the King's death, his
body being subsequently removed from Pontefract Castle and placed
under his effigy by Henry V., the son of his murderer.
1403. — The four wardens of the Goldsmith's Company were
William Grantham, Salomon Oxeneye, Thomas Lenyde, Robert
Hall.
1419. — Solomon Oxney was one of the Members of Parliament for
the City in 1419.
1397. — Adam Browne, goldsmith, was Lord Mayor in 1397.
1382. — John Frensshe, goldsmith. In Riley's " London Life " we
read, under this date, " One mazer cup, bound with silver gilt, value
xs, another value vs, stolen from John Frensshe, goldsmith."
1422. — In 1st Henry VI., John Bernes, of London, goldsmith, was
appointed by the King to make the money weights for the noble, the
half and quarter, and to stamp them, according to the form of the
statute of the ninth year of the late King.
J 400-1. — Sir John Frances, goldsmith, was Mayor in this year,
1400-1. Sheriff 1390. He was ^ buried in the church of St. John
Zachary. " Johannes Frances, civis et aurifaber et quondam Maior
London, qui obiit, 13 December 1405."
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1415.-— William Fitzhugh, goldsmith, was Comptroller of the Mint
from 1400 down to 1418.
1409. — -William Chicheley, goldsmith, was Sheriff in this year.
1405. — Thomas Atte Hay was a benevolent goldsmith; he be-
queathed the " Horn Tavern " in 1405, now known as " Anderton's
Hotel," Fleet Street, to the Goldsmiths' Company, for the better
support and sustentation of the infirm members of the Company.
The present estimated value of his bequest is <£7G0 per annum.
1422. — Gilbert Van Brandebery, goldsmith, Engraver to the Mint.
1422. — Bartholomew Seman, gold-beater, usually called " Bartholo-
mew Goldbeter," was Master of the King's Mints, 10th of Henry V.
and 1st and 2nd Henry VI., within the Tower of London and the
town of Calais. He died in 1430, and was buried in the church of
St. John Zachary.
1440-1. — Sir John Pattesley, or Paddesley, goldsmith, Master of
of the Mint 1484 and 1483, Sheriff 1432, Mayor in 1440-1, son of
Simon Pattesley, of Bury St. Edmunds. In the privy purse expenses
of Henry VII. (1437) " Fyrste delivered by your gracious command-
ment and appointment to send to Queen Katerine for her yerisgifte
on New Year's Day, she being at Bermondsey, j tablett of golde with
a crucifixe garnized with sapphires and perlesweyng aboute xiiij unc'
of golde, and was bought of John Patteslee, goldesmyth, for the some
of xl /*'." He was buried in St. Michael's, Crooked Lane.
1458.' — Edward Raivdon, a goldsmith, circa 1458..
1437. — . . . Remonde, a goldsmith. In the privy purse expenses
of Henry VII. (1437) : "Item delivered by your said commandment
to send that same day to my Lady of Gloucestre a nouche maad in
manner of a man, garnized with a faire gret balay, v gret perles, i
gret diamand pointed, with three gret hangers garnized with rubies
and perles, bought of Remonde, the goldsmyth, for the some of xl li."
1432. — John Orewell, goldsmith, Engraver to the Mint 1432-40.
1450. — John Sutton, goldsmith, was one of the Sheriffs in 1440.
Among the epitaphs in St. John Zachary 's Church,* Stow gives the
following : " Here lieth the body of John Sutton, citizen, goldsmith,
and Alderman of London, who died 0th July 1450. This brave and
worthy alderman was killed in the defence of the city, in the bloody
nocturnal battle on London Bridge, against the infamous Jack Cade
and his army of Kentish rebels."
* The old church of St. John Zachary, Maiden Lane, near Goldsmiths' Hall, was
destroyed in the great fire and not rebuilt. The parish is annexed to that of St. Anne.
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1450. — German Lyas, a foreigner, was admitted into the franchise
of Goldsmiths of London, to use the same craft as a freeman, for
which privilege he paid to the Almesse of St. Dunstan £8 6s. 8d.
In 1452 this same German Lyas was brought before the Wardens for
various offences, and particularly for selling a "tablet of gold" which
was dishonourably wrought, being two parts of silver. On deliberation
it was awarded that he should give to the fraternity a gilt cup of
24 oz. weight, and " lowley obey himself on his knees." This he
did, bringing into the Hall a " cuppe chased with a sonne " (sun)
weighing 20 oz., and was pardoned.
1443. — In this year the following wardens of the craft of the Gold-
smiths' Company were chosen: — William Walton, William Basenire,
or Bismere, William Porter, and William Rakeley, or Rockley.
They were re-elected in 1844, but their names were differently spelt,
as is frequently the case in early MSS.
1452. — Thomas Baby, Chaplain to the Goldsmiths' Company, was
buried in St. Foster's, Foster Lane, thus recorded : — " Dominus
Thomas Baby quondam capellanus aurifabrorum London, qui obiit
3 die Novembri 1452" (Stow).
1439. — William Austin, of London. Flaxman in describing the
monument of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, at Warwick,
describes the figures as being natural and graceful, the architecture
rich and delicate, and that they are excelled by nothing done in Italy
of the same kind at this time, although Donatello and Ghiberti were
living when this tomb was erected in 1439. He says, " The artist was
William Austin, of London." We insert his name among the gold-
smiths, although we have no positive record that he was actually a
worker in the precious metals; but the arts were so nearly allied, the
sculptor having so frequently received instruction in the workshop
of the goldsmith, as in the case of Ghiberti, to whom we have just
alluded, that we may be excused in thus recording his name in the list
as an English artist and goldsmith.
1501-2. — Sir Bartholomew Reade, goldsmith, Alderman and Mayor
1501-2, Sheriff 1497. He was Master of the Mint in 1481, 1492, and
1493. To have a house large and important enough to maintain the
dignity of Lord Mayor, and befitting the splendour which he had
determined should signalise his mayoralty, he purchased Crosby Place.
It was here he received the ambassadors of the Emperor Maximilian
during their stay, who had been sent to sympathise with Henry VII.
on the death of his Queen Elisabeth, of York, and his son, Prince
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Arthur, which events happened within a few months of each other ;
and it was at Crosby Hall he gave his grand inauguration dinner
recorded by Stow, at which were present more than 100 persons of
great estate, in which hall was " a paled park furnished with fruitful
trees, beasts of venery," &c.
Bartholomew Reade was a great benefactor to the Goldsmiths'
Company. He founded a grammar school at Cromer in Norfolk.
He was buried in the Charter-house, and gave £100 to the church of
St. John Zachary where his wife was buried.
1463. — Thomas Muschamp, goldsmith, was Sheriff in 1463, in the
mayoralty of Sir Matthew Philip, and was buried in the church of
St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street.
1474. — Oliver Davy, goldsmith, bequeathed to the Company, in
trust, certain property, of the present estimated value of £'36 8s. per
annum, for poor pensioners.
1511. — John Barrett, goldsmith, bequeathed about £3 5s. per
annum present value, to supply coals to the poor of the Goldsmiths'
Company.
1429. — William Russe, goldsmith, Sheriff 1429, Master of the
Mints of London, Calais, Bristol, and York, 10 & 11 Henry VI.
(1431-2), and Warden of the Exchange, 10 Henry VI. (Stow spells
his name Rous.) He was buried in St. Peter's Church, in Chepe.
1452. — Thomas Harrison, goldsmith, is thus lauded in the Com?-
pany's books in 1452 : — " Considering how much the Company was
indebted and their livelihood ruinous and in decline, great part of
which could not be helped without great and notable cost, had of his
blessed dispocition given twenty pounds towards making a parlour in
one of the Company's houses in Wood Street."
1450. — William Breakspeare, goldsmith, died 1461, buried in St.
John's Zachary, where he is styled " sometime merchant, goldsmith
and alderman, the Commonweale attendant."
1452. — Sir Humphrey Hayford, goldsmith, Comptroller to the
Mint and King's Assay Master 1452-9, Mayor in 1477-8; son of
Roger Hayford, of Stratford le Bow. He was buried in the church of
St. Edmond, Lombard Street.
1465. — "Item, the yeare aforsaid and the xxviij day of Marche, my
master bout of Umfrey the Goldsmythe, a chaffer of sylver weyinge
xviij unces and a quarter, and my master payd hym therefor of old
grotez Is- and in new grotez ijs- vjd- paid for every unnce iij8-" (Ex-
penses of Sir John Howard.)
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1455. — William Wodeward, goldsmith, Engraver to the Mint.
1456. — William Hede, goldsmith, being liveryman of the Gold-
smiths' Company, and his wife, both made complaint to the wardens
of their apprentice William Bowden, "who irreverently, shamefully,
and of frowwinesse " had beaten his said mistress. His punishment,
ordered by the wardens, was that he should be " had into the kechyn
of the Hall and there stripped naked, and by the hand of his master
beaten until such time as he raised blood upon his body, in likewise
as he did upon his mistress, and that he should there be made to
ask his master and mistress of grace and mercy, naked as he was
betyn." — Herbert's " History of the Goldsmith's Company."
1460. — John Adys, civis et aurifaber, London, qui obiit ultimo die
Februarii 1461. Buried in St. John Zachary's Church.
1463-4. — Sir Mathew Philip, goldsmith, Mayor of London in
1463-4, made Knight of the Bath by Edward IV. with other alder-
men, for bravery on the battle field on the occasion of the routing of
Falconb ridge and the Kentish rebels in their attempt to force the
city. He was Warden of the Company in 1474, and subscribed
6s. 8d. towards St. Dunstan's feast, which altogether amounted to
£15 5s. 2d.
1461. — German Lynche, of London, goldsmith, Warden of the
Mint, was elected Graver of the Puncheons for life (1460-83) ;
Master and Warden of the King's Mint in his realm of Ireland, within
his castle of Dybeln (Dublin), and he was authorised to strike money
for currency in Ireland, and was to make all manner of puncheons,
irons, gravers, &c, within the city of London, or elsewhere, as should
to him seem most speedful.
1465. — " Item, my master bout of Thomas Cartelage, goldsmith,
of Chepe, v chargers of sylver, xvj dysshes, and vij saussers, weyinge
lxixu- xix8, vjd', after iijs- the unnce." (Expenses of Sir John Howard.)
1485. — Sir Hugh Bryce, son of Kichard Bryce, of Dublin, gold-
smith, Mayor in 14.85, Sheriff 1475, Governor of the Mint in the
Tower, and Keeper of the King's Exchange. The Goldsmiths'
Company, like many others, had a rich pall, or herse-cloth, which is
thus alluded to in the minutes : — " The Wardens shewed the Com-
pany the goodly and rich hersecloth which was made with the goods
of Sir Hugh Bryce, Dame Elizabeth, his wife, and Dame Elizabeth
Terrell. It was agreed that the said cloth should not be lent to any
other person than a goldsmith, or a goldsmith's wife ; that whenever
it was used, the company assembled should pray for the said two
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donors' souls, us well as the soul of the said Dame Elizabeth Terrell,
and that the beadle should have for his safeguard and attendance
twelve pence at the least."
Bryce was Deputy to Lord Hastings, who was Master of the Mint
for twelve years, and also to Bartholomew Beed, during the reign of
Edward IV., before he was appointed Master himself in 1478.
Oaxton in " Th' Ymage, or Myrrour of the Worlde," which he printed
in 1481, says that he translated that book at the request, desire, cost,
and dispense of the honourable and worshipful man Hugh Bryce,
Alderman and Citizen of London, who told him that he intended to
present it to the Lord Hastings.
1478.— Mylys Adys, goldsmith, was warden of the Company in
1478, successor of John Adys before mentioned, who died in
1461.
1478. — The ordinances or statutes of the Goldsmiths' Company
contained in a MS. book, written on vellum with illuminated initial
letters, commences thus :—
" Thys Boke was made and ordeynyd by—
Hugh Brice, Altherman.
Henry Coote,
Mylys Adys, and
William Palmer, Wardens.
,,Thexx day of September, in the yere of ourLordeGod MCCCCLXXviij,
and in the xviij yere of the Reigne of King Edward the Fourth.
" Humfrey Hay ford, then Mayre of the Cyte of London, John
Stokker and Henry Colett, SheryfFs of the same Cyte."
1483.- — The index of the same volume commences thus :—
" Thys Kalendar was made and ordeynyd for this Boke by—
Henry Coote,
Stephyn Kelke,
John Ernest, and
Allan Newman, Wardens.
" The last day of August in the yere of our Lord God MCCCCLXxxiij,
and in the ffurst yere of the Reygne of King Richard the thyrd.
<e Sir Edmond Shaa, Knyght, then Mayre of the Cyte of London.
William Whyte and John Mathew, Sheryffys of the same Cyte."
1491. — Thomas Wood, Sheriff in this year, was an opulent gold-
smith, and built Goldsmiths' Row, in Cheapside, where most of the
goldsmiths resided. Stow states: " It coutaineth in number, ten fair
dwelling houses and fourteen shops, all in one frame, uniformly built
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four stories high, beautified towards the street with the Goldsmiths'
arms, and the likeness of Woodmen, in memory of his name, riding
on monstrous beasts all cast in lead, richly painted and gilt; these
he gave to the Goldsmiths, with stocks of money, to be lent to young
men having these shops," &c. Wood Street was named after him.
1480— "To Selys, goldesmythe, for Mlij (1,052) ageletts of silver
and gilt, vveying CClxxj (271) unces iij quarters, and for Civ (155)
unces grete and small spanges of silver and gilt, cont' in all CCCCxxvj
unc' and iij quarters, price of every unce vjs-=Cxxviijl1, vjd- These
were afterwards given out to Martyne Jumbard for embrowdering and
setting of them in the garnysshing of vj coursour harneys, and a hoby
harneys of grene velvet/' (Wardrobe Accounts of King Edward IV.)
1480. — Matthew Shore, goldsmith of Lombard Street, husband of
the notorious Jane Shore. His shop was called the Grasshopper.
Concerning his wife, we find in the Pepys collection an old black-
letter ballad, entitled, " The woful lamentation of Jane Shore,* a
goldsmith's wife in London, sometime concubine of King Edward IV."
" In Lombard Street I once did dwelle,
As London yet can witnesse welle;
Where many gallants did beholde
My beauty in a shop of golde.
* # # *
I penance did in Lombard Streete,
In shameful manner in a sheete.''
In the reprint of Heywood's " Edward IV.," by the Shakespeare
Society (1st part, pp. 1G, 23, 58, Ed. Lond. 1842), Falconbridge
having raised a rebellion, marched on to London, encouraging his
forces to restore King Henry (who had lately been deposed) from the
Tower. On arriving at the gates of London Bridge, entrance to
the city is refused by the Lord Mayor and citizens, together with the
city apprentices. Matthew Shore, the goldsmith, is also of the party,
and, having answered Ealconbridge's appeal, is asked his name, and
Falconbridge replies, " What ! not that Shore that hath the dainty
wife — the flower of London for her beauty ? " In the 2nd Act, at
the Mayor's house, Jane Shore is represented as officiating as the
Lady Mayoress, whereby the King first becomes acquainted with her.
This cannot be a fact, as Shore never was Lord Mayor.
* Jane Shore died, at an advanced age, in the reign of King Henry VIII.
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i485. — Robert Harding, goldsmith and Alderman, Sheriff in
1478, ob. 1485. He gave, in money. £40 to the new work of
the steeple of Bow Church, Cheapside, in which church he was
buried.
1512. — Robert Fenrhuther or Fenrother, Alderman, Master of the
Mint with Bartholomew Keade in 1493, goldsmith, Sheriff in 1512,
was buried in the church of St. John Zachary. He was Prime Warden
of the Goldsmiths' Company in 1516 and 1517. He was Master of
the Mint 9th Henry VIII.
1500. — Christopher Eliot, goldsmith, died 1505, was buried in the
church of St. John Zachary.
1517-18. — Sir Thomas Exmewe, Knight, goldsmith, Mayor in this
year, Sheriff 1508. He made the water conduit in London Wall, by
Moor Gate. Son of Richard Exmewe, of Ruthin, Fliutshire. He
was buried in the church of St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, in
1528.
1482. — Sir Edmund Shaa or Shaw, son of John Shaa, of Dron-
kenfeld, Chester, was a goldsmith and engraver to the Mint in 1462.
He was chosen Sheriff in 1474, and Lord Mayor 1482-8, Warden of
the Company in 1474. At the Coronation of King Richard III.,
which took place during his mayoralty, he attended as cup-bearer
with great pomp, and his claim to this honour was formally allowed
and put on record (Lib. 1., fol. 19, a and b, Town Clerk's office).
This Sir Edmund Shaa was goldsmith to the King, and on the
1st December, in the first year of his reign, sold him the following
pieces of plate, viz, : " 4 pots of silver, parcel gilt, weighing 28 pounds
6 ounces; 3 pots and 5 Bowes, 35 pounds; 12 dishes, 11 saucers,
silver, with gilt borders, weighing 44 pounds 11 ounces; 2 chargers,
10 saucers, an ewer parcel gilt, and 8 other chargers. The weight
of the said plate was 275 pounds 4 ounces of troy weight, and came
to £bb() 13s. 4d."
Stow records that at his decease he appointed, by testament, his
executors, with the cost of 400 marks, and the stuff of the old gate
called Cripplegate, to build the same gate of new, which was per-
formed and done in the year 1491. He founded and endowed a free
school at Stockport, in Cheshire, in the year 1487. The will of Sir
Edmund Shaw contains a bequest to the Goldsmiths to support this
school. He also directs "16 rings of fine gold to be graven with the
well of pitie, the well of mercie, and the well of everlasting life," and
to be given to his friends. His brother, Dr. Shaw, preached the
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celebrated sermon at Paul's Cross in favour of the claims of Richard
Duke of Gloucester.
1519. — Sir John Thurston, goldsmith and embroiderer, also Sheriff
and Alderman. Stow informs us that he erected, at his own cost, on
the bank of the river Thames, extensive granaries for storing up corn
for the consumption of the city in times of scarcity, also six very large
and four smaller public ovens. He gave i^40 towards rebuilding
Imbroiderers' Hall, in Guthurons Lane (now Gutter Lane), and £100
towards rebuilding St. Foster's Church, wherein he was buried in
1519. At an assembly of the Company in 1521, it is recorded:
" Forsomuch as Sir J. Thurston, Upper Warden, was departed to
Almighty God (on whose soul have mercy), the felliship named and
chose to be Upper Warden in his roome Sir Thos. Exmewe, Knt."
1516. — The four Wardens of the Company in this year were: —
Alderman Fenrother, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Wattell and Mr. Reed.
1517. — The four wardens in this year were : Alderman Fenrother,
Mr. Lowth, Mr. Udall, and Mr. Twyssilton.
John Twisleton, goldsmith and Alderman, was buried in St. Mat-
thew's church, Friday Street, 1525.
1483. — He?iry Cole, goldsmith, must have been a leading man in
the trade, for at the Coronation of Richard III. he was elected by the
Common Council, among the heads of the Livery Companies, to
attend the Mayor to Westminster as cup-bearer at the Coronation,
who all went in great state. #
1508. — Sir John Shaw, goldsmith, Warden to the Mint 1492-97,
of Wood Street, Cheapsicle, Engraver to the Mint in 1483, was
Mayor in 1501-2, probably the son of Sir Edmond. In the privy
purse expenses of Henry VII. (1497) we find: ''To Master Shaa for
a George of Diamants iiij li. iiij sk." Also "To John Shaa for iij
rings of gold viij li" Sir John Shaw was knighted on the field at
Bosworth. The first Lord Mayor's feast in the present Guildhall
was given by Sir John Shaw. He was the first mayor who caused
the Aldermen to accompany him on horseback to the water side, to
take barge for Westminster.
* Matthew Paris, in describing one of the shows -which took place in 1286, on occasion
of the passage of King Henry III. and Eleanor of Provence through the City to West-
minster, says : " They were received by the Mayor, Aldermen, and 860 of the principal
citizens, apparelled in robes of embroidered silk, and riding on horseback, each of them
carrying in his hand a gold or silver cup, in token of the privilege claimed by the City
for the Mayor to officiate as Chief Butler at the King's coronation."
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1497. — John Vandelf, or John of Delft, goldsmith. In the privy
purse expenses of Henry VII. (1497) : "To John Vandelf for a collar
of gold for the King xxx li" Also "For garnyshing a salett
xxxviij li. i sh. iiij d."
1509. — Henry Caste, goldsmith, one of the Sheriffs; deceased
1509 ; buried in the church of St. Foster's, Foster Lane. He built
St. Dunstan's Chapel there.
1518. — Robert Amades, goldsmith to Cardinal Wolsey, Keeper of
the Jewels to King Henry VIII., gives an account of his treasures
with the weight and cost annexed, such as — " An image of our lady,
300 ounces of sterling silver; six great candlesticks made at Bruges,
with leopards' heads and cardinals' hats, chased and gilt, weighing
298 ounces; three ' chargeours,' 197 ounces; twenty-five plates, 968
ounces; twenty-two dishes, 451 ounces; a cup of ' corone ' gold,
64 ounces." According to Cavendish, the Cardinal's biographer,
" There was at great banquets a cupboard as long as the chamber
was in breadth, with six cleskes in height, garnyshed with guilt plate,
and the nethermost deske was garnyshed all with gold plate, having
with lights one paire of candlesticks of silver and guilt, being
curiously wrought, which cost 300 marks. This cupboard was
barred round about that no man might come nigh it, for there was
none of this plate touched—there was sufficient besides." Robert
Amades was buried in the church of St. Mary Wolnoth.
1522-3.— Sir John Mundy, goldsmith, Mayor 1522-3, was son of
William Mundy, of Wycombe, Bucks. He was buried in the church
of St. Peter in Cheape; ob. 1537. The name of Roger Mundy (his
son) is signed to a bill of expenses at St. Dunstan's feast as Warden
of the Company in 1518.
1550.— Sir Thomas Gresham, a merchant and goldsmith of great
renown, son of Sir Richard Gresham, who was King's Exchanger in
the reign of Henry VIII. He carried on business at the sign of the
Grasshopper, No. 68, Lombard Street, the site of Messrs. Martins'
banking-house; the original sign wras in existence so late as 1795,
but disappeared on the erection of the present building. He founded
the Royal Exchange, opened by Queen Elizabeth, 23rd January 1571.
He also founded Gresham College, which he endowed with six pro-
fessorships with £50 a year to each. This great goldsmith died in
1579, and was buried in St. Helens' Church, Bishopsgate. The bulk of
his wealth was found to consist of gold chains. Gresham was present
at the first council held by Queen Elizabeth at Hatfield, and was
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received with marked favour ; she promised him, if he did lier none
other service than he had done to King Edward, her late brother, nnd
Queen Mary, her late sister, she would give him as much land as
ever they both did. The characteristic reply was an exposition of
his financial views : " An it please your Majesty to restore this your
realm into sych estate as heretofore it hath been ; first, Your High-
ness hath none other ways, but when time and opportunity serveth,
to bring your base money into fine, of eleven ounces fine, and so gold
after the rate; secondly, not to restore the steel yard to their usurped
privilege ; thirdly, to grant as few licenses as you can ; fourthly, to
come in as small debt as you can beyond seas ; fifthly, to keep your
credit, and specially with your own merchants, for it is they who
must stand by you, at all events, in your necessity." It is worth
noting how implicitly the advice appears to have been followed, with
the exception of the matter of licenses.
1509. — Pietro Torrigiano. In the centre of the apsis or east end
of Henry VII. 's chapel, Westminster Abbey, is the tomb of the royal
founder and his queen, Elizabeth of York. The effigies, which are
undoubtedly likenesses, were originally crowned, they are recumbent on
a pedestal adorned with pilasters, relievos of rose branches and images
in copper gilt of the King's patron saints and preceding sovereigns ;
at the angles were seated angels. It is enclosed by rich and massive
gates of brass. This costly tomb was made by Torrigiano, a
Florentine artist, and occupied his time for six years, for which he
received the comparatively large sum of ,£1.500. Torrigiano, it will
be remembered, was the fellow-student of Michael Angelo, who, in
a quarrel, broke the nose of his great rival. He came to England
purposely to erect this tomb, which Bacon calls " the stateliest and
daintiest in Europe." The brass screen, originally adorned with no
less than thirty-six statues (now reduced to six), is of brass, resem-
bling a Gothic palace, was designed and made -by an English artist
(date 1512). Torrigiano also executed the beautiful effigy of Mar-
garet, Countess of Kichmond, mother of Henry VII., in Westminster
Abbey (date about 1509).
In 1570 several ornaments were stolen from the monument of
King Henry VII., among which were some of the gilt images here
spoken of. The thief, one Raymond, was prosecuted by the Church.
Torrigiano must have resided many years in this country, and
designed and executed other monumental tombs and effigies. In the
dingy Chapel of the Rolls, Chancery Lane, is the tomb of Dr. Young,
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Master of the Rolls in the time of Henry VIII. The aged master
reposes, in the sublime serenity of death, upon a marble sarcophagus,
shaped like a Florentine cassone or marriage chest. In the panel of
the pedestal beneath the inscription is the date mdxvi. The whole is
the work of the immortal Torrigiano. He also designed candelabra,
and other decorative objects belonging to the goldsmith's craft, for
Henry VIII. and the nobility.
The ancient altar of the restored tomb of Edward VI., Westminster
Abbey, a splendid work of Torrigiano, was destroyed in the civil
wars ; but part of the frieze was found in 1869 in the young King's
grave, and has been let into the modern altar. It is an admirable
carving of the Renaissance, and shows the Tudor roses and the lilies
of France interwoven with a scroll-work pattern.
1518. — The four wardens of the Company in this year were — Sir
Thomas Exmew, knight, Roger Mundy, Henry Calton, and Robert
Oxendly. Their names are attached to a bill of expenses for " a
drynking and dinner on St. Dunstan/s day " ; amount, £28 9s. 6d.
1519. — Ralph Lathom, goldsmith. In the will of Rawf Lathom,
citizen and goldsmith, 1519, is mentioned — " Duos pelves argenti
cum lavat's in medio unius est una Rosa in alio scutum armor
' meor.'" — C.P.C. Ayloffe. A goldsmith of the same name, probably
his son, is in the list of Freeman Householders of the Goldsmiths'
Company in 1553.
1531. — William Symson, goldsmith. In the records we find that
there were certain chains of a censor, weighing 6j ounces, which
were attached by him, brought to be set by one Richard Allen,
which chains belonged to the Abbot of Reading, in Berkshire ;
Robert Trappes and John Patterson being then wardens of the
Company.
1540. — At an assembly of the Goldsmiths' Company, "the follow-
ing six goldsmiths were appointed to ride to fetch the Queen : Mr.
Spendley, Mr. Aldewyn, Mr. Chaundeler, Mr. Draper, Mr. Horton,
and Mr. Hatwoode," to ride in black velvet coats with chains of gold
about their necks, and velvet caps with broches of gold, and their
servants to ride with them in russet coats of good cloth."
1540. — Sir Martin Bowes, goldsmith, Sheriff 1540, Mayor in
1545-6, Master of the Mint in 1542 and 1546, M.P. for London
four times from 1546 to 1555. He was Mayor five times, and lent
Henry VIII., whose purse was a colander, the sum of £300. Sir
Martin was butler at Queen Elizabeth's coronation, and left his gold
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fee cup, out of which the Queen drank to the Goldsmiths' Company. *
His portrait, attributed to Holbein, hangs in the Hall. He presented
a state sword to the Corporation of York, inscribed on the blade
"Syr Martyn Bowes, knight, borne within this citie of Yorke, and
Maior of the citie of London 1545. For a remembrance gave this
sword to the maior and communaltie of this honorable citie." Many
of the coins of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., struck while he was
Master of the Mint, bear the Mint marks of a swan, rose, arrow, or a
bow, coined at the mint in Durham House, Strand. The bow and
the swan form part of his armorial bearings. The shield of Sir Martin
Bowes has in chief a swan between two leopards' heads, and below
three bows, the ground semee with ermine. Stowe, in speaking of the
illustrious personages buried in the old church of Grey Friars, in
Newgate Street, says, while naming many, " All these and five times
as many more monuments, seven score marble grave-stones, alabaster
tombs, &c, were all sold for a£50 by Sir Martin Bowes, goldsmith
and alderman/' Even the name of Grey Friars became extinct when
Christ's Hospital was founded. He died 4th August 1566, and was
buried in the church of St. Mary Wolnoth. Sir Martin Bowes founded
almshouses at Woolwich, in Kent, by a bequest to the Goldsmiths'
Company.
1541. — Sir John Williams, He was styled the King's Goldsmith
and Master of the King's Jewels ; he dwelt in Elsing Spital. " In
1541, on Christmas even about 7 o'clock, a great fire began in the
gallery thereof, which burned so sore that the flame, firing the whole
house and consuming it, was seene all the city over, whereby many of
the King's jewels were burned and more imbeselled (as was said)." —
(Stow.)
1545. — Lawrence Warren, goldsmith, Assay Master to the Mint
in this year. " Cambii, Cunagii et monete, Canterbury." He must
have been accused of some malpractices in his office, having received
a general pardon under the great seal for offences against the Mint
in the time of Henry VIII., in which he is styled " late Assay Master."
1530. — Thomas Calton, goldsmith at the " Purse in Chepe." His
name is signed to a bill of expenses as Warden of the Company in
* The elegant cup presented by him to the Company, and which is still preserved among
their plate, could not be given him in right of his office, at the coronation of Queen
Elizabeth, as Chief Butler, because Sir William Hewett. citizen and cloth worker, was
Lord Mayor that year, and had the cup in his own right. Probably the above cup was
a royal gift upon another occasion.
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1526. At St. Mary Overie, South wark, between 1548 and 1550, they
parted with four chalices, weighing fifty-four ounces, to one Calton,
at the sign of the " Purse " in Chepe, of which the said Calton
made two communion cups weighing but fifty-two ounces, the balance
due being 17s. 8d. (" Surrey Church Notes," by J. R. D. Tyssen.)
J 526. — Hans Holbein, artist, born at Augsburg 1494, died in
London in 1543. He was introduced by Erasmus to Sir Thomas
More in 1526, when he came to England. Fie entered the service
of Henry VIII. in 1537, and remained in England until bis death.
He designed numerous pieces of goldsmith's work, cups, jewellery,
&c. during this reign. A drawing by him, for a cup for Queen Jane
Seymour, is in the print-room of the British Museum, as well as
designs for jewels. Other drawings are preserved at Basle, &c. He
was buried in St. Catherine Cree Church.
1558. — Affabel Partridge was the principal goldsmith to Queen
Elizabeth, who ordered payments to be made as follow : — " To
Robert Branden and Affabel Partridge, for 3,098 oz. of gilt plate,
at 7s. 6d. the oz., which was given away in New Year's gifts,
£1,101 17s. 9fd„" &c.
1557. — William Walker, goldsmith, bequeathed, to the Goldsmiths'
Company, for charities, the sum of £100 in money.
1579. — Alderman Heydon bequeathed to the Goldsmiths' Company
the sum of £100 for the poor.
1560-80. — Mr. Anthony Dericke, of the " Queen's Arms" in
Cheapside, was one of the Queen's goldsmiths in the early part of her
reign. He was also Engraver to the Mint in the reign of Edward VI.
and Elizabeth, and the last goldsmith appointed to that important
office. .He was a promoter of lotteries. The first of which we have
any record was drawn before the western door of St. Paul's Cathedral
in 1569. It included 10,000 lots, at 10s. each lot, the prizes con-
sisting of plate. It lasted from the 11th of January till the 6th of
May. The profits of this lottery were applied in repairing the havens
of England. In 1586 there was another lottery, the prizes consisting
of rich and beautiful armour.
The following sarcastic motto in the books of the Merchant Tailors'
Company in 1585 refers to this lottery : —
" One bird in the hand is worth two in the wrood,
If we get the great lot, it will do us all good."
In 1612, James I. sanctioned another lottery of plate towards the
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plantation of Virginia, in which the Grocers' Company won a silver-
gilt salt and cover worth .£13 10s., for only a venture of £62 5s. and
a fee of 19s. 6d. for delivery.
1553. — A list of Freeman Householders of the Goldsmiths' Com-
pany, in the Chapter House, contains the following fifty-two
names : —
Henry Averell
Rafe Latham
Nicholas Aldewyn
Walter Lambert
Robert Alleyn
Edmond Lee
Martin Bowes, Alderman
Robert Lawerd
Nicholas Bull
John Lewes
Thomas Baven
William Lymson
John Bolter
Rogier Mundye
John Bardoiph
Wyncent Mundye
Thomas Browne
Nicholas Molde
John Barons
Anthony Neale
Thomas Calton
Lymond Palmer
John Chaundeler
Rafe Rowlett
William Chambers
Thomas Rede
Rasel Cornyshe
Robert Spendeley
Robert Draper
Thomas Sponer
John Dale
William Southwood
John Frende
Thomas Stevyns
John Freeman
Robert Trappis
Henry Goldeville
Thomas Trappis
Rogier Horton
Silvester Todd
Thomas Hays
Rogier Taylour
Edmond Hatcombe
William Tylsworth
Robert Hortopp
Thomas Wastell
Cornelis Hayes
Morgan Wolff
Nicholas Johnson
Fab i ant Wydder
William Keylway
George Webbe.
Some other goldsmiths are mentioned about this date — Mr. Warke,
Palterton, John Waberley, Thomas Metcalfe, John Daniel, Robert
Reynes and Robert Wygge.
1548-50. — Sir William Sharrington, of Durham House, Master
of the Mint, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Edward VI., and Vice-Treasurer of the
Mint at Bristol, was indicted before the Lord Mayor, and convicted
on his own confession of having counterfeited, in the Mint at Bristol,
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12,000 pounds of coins resembling the Tesions, without any warrant
from the King, and against his Eoyal prohibition ; also of having
defrauded the King in clippings and shearing of the coins, making
the same thereby too light, and converting the same to his own
profit, to the amount of £4,000 at the least ; and for falsifying the
indentures and books. He was attainted of treason, and all his lands,
&c. forfeited. This counterfeiting of the money was supposed to
have been done at the instigation of the King's uncle, the Protector,
Sir Thomas Seymour, the Lord Admiral, to enable him to carry on
his treacherous designs. Sharrington received a pardon under the great
seal in 3rd Edward VI., and was afterwards restored in blood by an Act
passed 3rd and 4th Edward VI. His house in Mark Lane, a stately
mansion, was bestowed by the King on Henry, Earl of Arundel, who
made it his residence.
1 550. — Margery Herkins carried on the goldsmith's business about
this time. Her shop was in Lombard Street.
1550.— Robert Wygge, goldsmith of London, in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth. The names of Wigge and Dickson are mentioned
in an inventory of St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
In the Churchwarden's accounts of Wimbledon, Surrey, is recorded
the following : —
1552. " Receivede for thre chalisses waying xxxtx and v ounces,
at vs the ounce, whereof went to the Communyon Cuppe xxj ounces
and a quartern, which cometh to v11 yjs iijd- And so remaineth xiij
ounces and thre quarters, which commythe to iijh viijs ixd whereof
paide to Robert Wygge, goldesmythe of London, for the making
and gilding of the Communyon Cuppe, after xxd an ounce, which
cometh to xxxv8 vd-" ('f Surrey Church Notes," by J. R. D. Tyssen.)
1560.- — Thomas Muschaiwp, goldsmith, at the sign of the "Ring
with the Rubye " in Lombard Street. He was one of Queen Eliza-
beth's goldsmiths. His name occurs in the visitation of the Heralds
in 1568 among others in the trade. A predecessor of the same
name is mentioned a century earlier as Goldsmith and Sheriff of
London.
In the Churchwardens' accounts of Chelmsford, in 1560 : —
" Receyved of Mr. Mustchampe, goldsmyth, at the syne of the
Ryng with the rube in Lumbarde Street, for a gylt challys with a
paten gylt, waying xxiij oz. and a quarter, at vs iiijd the ounce, Som.
is yjn iiijs-"
" Paid to Mr. Muschamp in Lombard Street, at the sygne of the
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Ring with the rube for a coupe of gylt, weyinge xix oz. iij quarters,
vj8 viijd the oz., Som. is vj11 xj3 vijd-" (" Old English Plate," by
W. J. Cripps.)
1559. — John Wheeler. We find by the books of the Goldsmiths'
Company that he was established in that craft in Chepe. The earliest
date in which his name occurs is in 1559 (2nd Elizabeth).
His son John removed to Fleet Street at the decease of his father,
where he carried on his trade. He died about the year 1600, and
was succeeded by his son, William Wheeler, who took the premises
called the " Marygold" after they were vacated by Richard Crompton,
who kept an ordinary there, in the reign of James I. W. Wheeler
was Comptroller of the Mint in 1627 and 1639.
In the Goldsmiths' books, 27th April 1666, is the following entry:
" William Wheeler, the son of William Wheeler, goldsmith, deceased,
upon the testimony of William Rawson and John Marryott, gold-
smiths, was sworn and made free by patrimony on payment of the
usual fees." William Wheeler, junior, Francis Child's uncle and
father-in-law, continued as goldsmith. In 1676 the name of William
Wheeler is no more seen ; his two apprentices, Robert Blanchard
and Francis Child, succeeded to the business in partnership. ( Vide
" Blanchard and Child.' )
Thomas Turpin, goldsmith in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
In the Leverton Churchwardens' accounts of 1570 is paid to
" Thomas Turpyn, the goldsmith, for facyonenge of the Com-
munyon Cupp, weynge xij oz,, xs. Item, He putt to the same
cuppe a quarter and a halfe of an oz. of his own silver, iis." (W.
J. Cripps.)
1568. — John Burde or Bird, goldsmith. Among the Inquest Plate
of St. Giles, Cripplegate Without, is an interesting drinking vessel,
called a Mazer bowl, the cup being of maple-wood mounted with a
broad silver-gilt rim and foot, round the stem is a finely chased scroll
ornament, above which is inscribed " Ihon Burde Mead This In Anno
Domine 1568 " ; on the spread of the foot are engraved an eagle and
other birds, stag, unicorn, &c, with his monogram I.B., a true-lovers'
knot between, enclosed in a lozenge, twice repeated. Inside is a gilt
metal boss with a merchant's mark.
The following occur in " A Register of Scholars at Merchant Tay-
lors'," by Rev. C. J. Robinson, London, 1882
1550. — Henry Newhall, goldsmith. His son educated at Merchant
Taylors' in 1564.
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1550. — Robert Harrison, goldsmith. His son, Edward, was at
Merchant Taylors' School in 1570.
1555. — John Hulson, goldsmith. His son, Edward, at Merchant
Taylors' School in 1571.
1560. — Robert, son of John Hillyard, "gold-finder," was at Mer-
chant Taylors' School in 1572.
1560. — William Carter, goldsmith, died about 1570. A son,
Thomas, was a scholar at Merchant Taylors', 1573.
1560. — Thomas Greene, goldsmith. His son Anthony was ad-
mitted at Merchant Taylors' School in 1574.
1560. — Roger Hy?it, goldsmith. His son Richard, admitted at Mer-
chant Taylors' School, 1574.
1560. — Edward Ranhjn, goldsmith. His son William admitted
at Merchant Taylors' School in 1575.
1560 — Simon Brooke, goldsmith. His son Edward admitted at
Merchant Taylors' School, 1576.
1570. — Edward Delves, goldsmith. His sons Robert and Edward
admitted at Merchant Taylors' School, 1599.
1600. — John Hoare, goldsmith His son John admitted at
Merchant Taylors' School, 1607.
1600. — John Lovejoy, goldsmith. His son Rowland admitted at
Merchant Taylors' School, 1609.
1600. — William Keale, goldsmith. His son Robert admitted at
Merchant Taylors' School, 1611.
1600. — Giles Simpson, goldsmith. His son Jeremy admitted at
Merchant Taylors' School, 1611.
1570. — Robert Taylebois was a goldsmith in the reign of Elizabeth.
Two of his sons, Ralph and Thomas, were scholars at Merchant
Taylors' School in 1563 ; the former became prebendary of Canter-
bury,
1570. — Nicholas Hilly ard, bom at Exeter 1547, died 1619, brought
up as a goldsmith and jeweller, also a celebrated miniature painter.
He was " goldsmith, carver, and portrait painter" to Queen Elizabeth,
and continued in favour by James I. and appointed sole painter of" the
Royal image." Round his portrait, painted by himself, is written,
" Nic9, Hillyard, aurifaber, sculptor, et Celebris illuminator serenissimae
Elisabeth©." (In the collection of Lord De LTsle and Dudley.)
1577. — Richard Robinson was celebrated for his misdeeds. He
was in this year, according to Holinshed, drawn from the Tower to
Tyborne, and there hanged for clipping of gold coins.
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1577. — Sir John Langley, goldsmith, was Mayor in this year
1576-77, Sheriff in 1566.
1583. — John Speilman, goldsmith, afterwards knighted by James I.,
erected a paper mill at Dart ford. In the State records of the year
1597 : " July 4. Grant to John Speilman, Queen's goldsmith, for
fourteen years, on surrender of a former patent, of the sole license of
collecting old rags and stuff for paper-making " ; prohibiting any others
to erect paper-mills without his license. His first patent was taken
out in 1-583.
1588-9 and 1593. — Sir Richard Martin, knight, goldsmith, Master
and Warden of the Mint from 1580 to his death in 1617, Sheriff in
1581, was Lord Mayor in 1589, and kept his mayoralty in one of
the houses in Goldsmiths' Row, Cheapside. Sir Richard and his son
Richard Martin, citizen and goldsmith, held the appointment of
Master of the Mint, together and singly, from 1580 to 1604. Sir
Richard died in 1617.
1589. — Robert Trapps or Tripps, goldsmith. His curious epitaph
in St. Leonards', St. Martins le Grand, recalls his existence : —
" When the hells be merrily rung,
And the masse devoutly sung,
And the meat merrily eaten,
Then shall Robert Tripps, his wives
And children be forgotten."
1600. — Sir Hugh Myddelton was a goldsmith by trade and had a
shop in Basinghall Street, much frequented by Sir Walter Raleigh
and other scientific people. During the mayoralty of his brother, Sir
Thomas Myddelton, he completed the supply of wholesome water by
means of the New River. His portrait, by Janssen, hangs in Gold-
smiths' Hall. He is painted in the style of Vandyke, in a black
habit, his hand resting on a shell, which seems to pour out the
important element for the supply of the city, and the motto " Fontes
Fodinae " seems to imply the double benefit he bestowed on his coun-
trymen by his tin mines and by the New River.
Hugh Myddelton was of Welsh parentage, the sixth son of Richard
Myddelton, who had been Governor of Denbigh Castle during the
reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. He was bom on his
father's estate at Galch Hill, close to Denbigh, in the year 1555.
He was sent to London when old enough, where his elder brother,
Thomas, was established as a grocer, and under his care he com-
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menced his career, and was entered as an apprentice of the Gold-
smiths' Company, and subsequently became a goldsmith and jeweller
on his own account in Basinghall Street. On the accession of James I.
he was appointed one of the Royal Jewellers. He was assisted mainly
in his great enterprise of supplying the metropolis with pure water
by this king, who agreed to pay half the expenses in consideration of
a half share in its ultimate profits, and to repay Myddelton one half
of what he had already disbursed. Water was first let into the New
River head at Islington in 1613, on which occasion Myddelton was
knighted. The King took great interest in the scheme, and in 1022
narrowly escaped being drowned in the New River. King James I.
afterwards created him a baronet and remitted the fee, which amounted
to upwards of £1,000, a large sum at that time.*
Sir Hugh Myddelton died an eminently prosperous man at the age
of seventy-six, leaving an ample provision for his widow, and numerous
bequests to his relatives and friends and gifts to the poor. The story
of his dying in poverty is only one of the numerous fables which have
been related of his history (Smiles). He died in 1631, and was buried
in the churchvard of St. Matthew, Friday Street. The Welsh silver
mines in Cardiganshire were discovered, in the reign of James J.,
by Sir Hugh Myddelton, which have ever since been worked with
success.
Sir Hugh bequeathed to the Goldsmiths' Company, in trust for the
poor, a share in the New River Company, which they modestly valued
to the Commissioners at about £200 per annum on an average.
1571.— John Lo?iyson, goldsmith, was Master of the Mint 1571-6.
He died in 1583, setat 59, and was buried at the church of St. Vedast,
alias St. Foster, in Foster Lane.
1589.- — Isaac Button, goldsmith, obiit 2nd May 1589; he was
buried in the church of St. Andrew, Undershaft.
* The 22nd May 1611, is memorable for the first creation of baronets. It is believed
to have been the suggestion of the Earl of Salisbury to King James I., as a means of
raising money for His Majesty's service, the plan being to create 200 on a payment of
£1,000 each ; care, however, was taken that they should be all men of at least £1,000
per annum, and the object held out was to raise a fund for the colonisation of Ulster, to
build towns and churches in that Irish province. From the connection of the first
baronets with Ulster, they were allowed to place in their armorial coat the open red
hand, heretofore borne by the forfeited O'Neils, the noted Lamh derg Eirin, or red hand
of Ulster. His successor, Charles I., with a view of raising money for his own service
in January 1626, ordered all persons with a clear income of £40 per annum to receive
the order of knighthood ; but as many persons did not avail themselves of the privilege,
the King, in 1629, oompounded with those who did not acoept it, by which means he
raised the large sum of £100,000
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1600. — George Heriot, jeweller to King James VI. of Scotland,
and subsequently to James I. of England. He was born June 1563,
eldest son of George Heriot, goldsmith of Edinburgh ; the elder
Heriot died in 1610. The goldsmiths of Edinburgh were formerly
classed with the " hammermen," or common smiths. They were
separated by an Act of the Town Council on the 29th August 1581,
which conferred on the goldsmiths a monopoly of their trade, con-
firmed by a charter of incorporation from James VI. in 1586, investing
the goldsmiths with the power of searching, inspecting, and trying
all jewels set in gold, as well as plate, in every part of the kingdom,
and power to punish aggressors by imprisonment or fine, and to seize
the working tools of all unfree goldsmiths within the city.
George Heriot was evidently instrumental in obtaining the charter
of incorporation in 1586, as well as the Act in favour of the Gold-
smiths' Company in 1591 from which we quote the preamble : — " The
samin day the Provost, baillies, and counsell, and Adame Newtoune,
baxter ; Cudbert Cranstoun, furrour ; William ~Blythma.n,jleseheoar ;
Thomas Weir, masoun : Eobert Meid, ivobster ; William Cowts,
walker] Thomas Brown, bonetmaker, of the remanent deykins of
crafts being convenit in counsall anent the supplicatioun gevin in
before thame be George Heriott, deykin of the goldsmythis, for himselff
and in name and behalf! of the remanent brether of the said craft."
Heriot became a member of the Goldsmiths' Company, and in
1597 he was employed by the Court; and Anne of Denmark, the
reigning Queen, made him her goldsmith, and he was so declared
" at the crosse, be opin proclamation and sound of trumpet."
Shortly afterwards he was appointed goldsmith to the King. He
soon rose to opulence, and on the accession of James to the throne
of England he "followed the Court to London. He died on the 12th
February 1624, setatis 60, and was buried at St. Martins in the
Fields. He obtained eminence and wealth, and
left upwards of £50,000. The celebrated hospital
which he founded in Edinburgh, and named after
him, cost <£30, 000 in the erection by the time it
was finished, which was followed by contributions
from other sources, and the fund had accumulated
seal of George Heriot. to nav all charges and leave a considerable surplus
In Heriot' s Hospital. if J o *
("Laing's Ancient Seals.") for jts future maintenance.
1600. — Dame Mary Ramsay, bequeathed to the Goldsmiths'
Company the sum of £200 for the poor.
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1588. — John Morley, goldsmith, bequeathed £5 per annum to the
poor per the Company of Goldsmiths.
1599. — Peter Blundell, goldsmith, left by legacy to the Company
the sum of £150 for the poor.
1594. — Hugh Kaijle was in partnership with Sir Richard Martin,
and several grants for payment of money for jewels and plate, for
New Year's gifts and presents to ambassadors, are recorded to them.
In 1594, £2,365 10s. 8d. ; 1597, £2,236 14s. lOd. ; 1599,
£2,377 18s. 3d.
1603. — Sir James Pemberton, goldsmith, Sheriff 1602, Mayor in
1611-12. The Goldsmiths' pageant in this year was entitled " Chryso-
thriambos, or the Triumph of Gold," devised and written by A. M.
(Anthony Munday). He was buried in the Church of St. John
Zachary. " This monument is erected to the memory of Sir James
Pemberton, knight, who being Sheriffe of this city at the coming in
of King James, entertained neere 40 Erles and Barons in his house on
the day of the King being proclaimed. Afterwards, anno 1612, he was
elected mayor of this city. He erected a free school in the parish of
Eccleston, in Lancashire, sixteen years before his death, and gave
£50 by the yeere to the maintaining thereof for ever. He gave also
£500 to Christ's Hospital and £200 to the Company of Goldsmiths,
besides many liberal gifts to the poore of his kindred. He died 8th
September 1613, set. 68."
1603. — Philip Shelley, goldsmith of London, left by his will forty
shillings a year for ever for the poor of his parish of St. John Zachary,
where he was buried, to be paid by the Warden and Rentour of the
Goldsmiths' Company, as appears by his will dated September 1603,
" though his monument was erected but in 1630." He also bequeathed
to the Goldsmiths' Company, in trust, moneys for placing out appren-
tices, university exhibitions to scholars, £10 per annum to maimed
soldiers, £8 yearly to working goldsmiths, &c
1630. — John Acton, goldsmith to Charles I. On the 13th July in
this year the King issued his sign manual to pay " John Acton, His
Majesty's goldsmith for gilt plate, chains and medals of gold,
£5,777 15s. 9d. given away in New Year's gifts, and at christenings
and to ambassadors; and also to pay £19 7s. 6d. to His Majesty's
cutler and the almsmen, beadles of Goldsmiths' Hall, as has been
accustomed.
From Harl. MS. 1566 it appears that Thomas Acton of Elmley
Lovett (a cadet of an ancient Worcestershire family) had issue three
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sons, Charles, Anthony, and John, who was a goldsmith in London.
(vide also Grazebrnok's "Heraldry of Worcestershire," sub voce).
William Acton, third son of John Acton, goldsmith, was admitted a
scholar at Merchant Taylors' in 1658 ; he was born at Bewdley in
1645.
1597. — John Fox, citizen and goldsmith of London. He was
founder of the Free School of Deane, co. Cumberland. He gave by
will, eighteenpence weekly for ever to an almsman belonging to Gold-
smiths' Hall; also money to poor prisoners and to several hospitals.
"The said John Fox, being of the age of 78, fell on sleepe the 8th
day of June 1597." He was buried in the church of St. Lawrence in
the Jewry.
1640. — Mr. Wakefield, goldsmith, is alluded to in the will of
Kowland Backhouse, formerly Sheriff, dated 1647, in which he leaves
his chain of office to his daughter Doddinge, weighing about thirty
ounces, set with a diamond, bought of Mr. Wakefield, the goldsmith.
1603. — Maximilian Poultraine and John de Critz erected the
noble monument of Queen Elizabeth, in Westminster Abbey, in
1603.
1609. — John Reynolds was Assay- master to the Mint in this year.
He calculated tables to cast up silver and gold. It does not appear
when they were published, but they are printed at the end of the
second edition of the " New Touchstone for Gold and Silver Wares,"
London, 1679.
Gains Newman, goldsmith, gave to Christ's Hospital £5 ; St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, £6 13s. 4d. ; and to Bridewell Hospital, £3 ;
and the sum of £140 to the Goldsmiths' Company for their poor
brethren. He died 3rd March 1613, and was buried in St. Matthew's
Church, Friday Street, setat. 66, leaving seven sons and five daughters.
1612. — Robert Shirley, the Elder, presented a silver cup and cove]',
weighing 93 J ounces, to the Company in this year, which was melted
down in 1667 to meet the requirements of ready money to repair the
Hall after the Great Fire.
1630. — Thomas Leadham, goldsmith, Master or Prime Warden of
the Goldsmiths' Company in 1630. He bequeathed for their use a
silver cup and cover, which was melted with some other pieces of
plate to raise money for the repair of the Hall after the Great Fire in
1667.
1605. — Wase (Christopher), goldsmith. He was buried in St.
Vedast, alias Fosters', obiit 22nd September 1005, eetatis 06 yeais
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1615. — George Smithes or Smithies, goldsmith and Alderman, was
buried at St. Mary Staining Church; ob. 11th July 1615. His son
Thomas Smithies was chosen one of the Pyx Jurymen in 1649. He
was Sheriff in the mayoralty of Sir James Pemberton, 1601.
1682.— William Feake, goldsmith. His daughter Sarah married a
certain William Smith, who died in 1632 and was buried in St.
Saviours', Southwark, set. 68.
1625. — Richard Cheney, goldsmith, bequeathed £4 annually to four
poor goldsmiths.
1648. — -Robert Jemier, goldsmith , bequeathed to the Company
property in trust to poor goldsmiths, of the present estimated value
of £200 per annum.
1652.— Francis Ash, goldsmith, bequeathed property to the Com-
pany for the poor ; present value, £100 per annum.
1615. — Robert Brocklesbury, goldsmith, bequeathed to the Gold-
smiths' Company the sum of £340 for the poor.
1622.— Henry Banister, goldsmith, bequeathed to the Company
for the use of the poor, in money, £160.
1621.— Richard Croshaw, goldsmith, " sometime Master of the
Goldsmiths' Company. By his will he left £4,000 to the Company
in trust for the maintenance of lectures, relief of the poor, and other
pious uses." Obiit 2nd June 1621, and was buried at St. Bartho-
lomew Exchange, eetatis 70.
William Jackson, goldsmith, deceased 1644. His son Joseph born
in the parish of St. Leonard's, Foster Lane, entered Merchant
Taylors' School, 1 632. (Eev. C. J. Kobinson, " .Register of Scholars.")
Edward Edmunds, goldsmith, in Allhallows parish. His son James
a scholar at Merchant Taylors' in 1643. (Ibid.)
John Mackarnes, goldsmith. His son John at Merchant Taylors'
School in 1643. (Ibid.)
Richard Marsh, goldsmith. His sons, William and James, were at
Merchant Taylors' School in 1643. (Ibid.)
1640.— Robert Paine, goldsmith, gave to the Company the sum of
£300 for the poor.
1640.- — Ralph Robinson, goldsmith, also gave in money £200 for
the poor of the Company.
1649, November 22. The Jury of Goldsmiths elected and sworn
by the Commouwealth to make two standard trial pieces for the coins,
one piece in gold commixed in proportion of 22 carats of fine gold
and 2 carats of alloy in the pound weight troy of England, and one
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piece of silver of* 11 oz. 2 dwts. fine and 18 dwts. of copper in the
pound weight troy, were the following : —
Sir John Wollaston, Knight and Alderman.
Thomas Finer, Alderman.
Thomas Noel, Alderman.
Francis Ash.
Thomas Smithie
Francis Hall.
George Courthope.
John Perryn.
Richard Morrell.
Samuel Moore.
George Snell.
Richard Gibbes.
Matthew Mason.
Alexander Jackson.
1602. — Richard, Rogers, Comptroller of His Majesty's Mint in
1602, presented a circular salt and cover, inscribed " To the Wardens
and Commonaltie of ye mystery of Goldsmiths of London, desiring
the same to be used at their solemn meetings and to bee remembered
as a good benefactor, a.d. 1632."
1630. — Sir William Ward was a wealthy goldsmith in London and
jeweller to the Queen of Charles I. Having an ample fortune, he
resided at Heal in Staffordshire. He was sixth son of Edward
Ward, of Bixley, in Norfolk. He married the daughter of Mr. Humble,
leatherseller, a great benefactor to that Company. Mr. Humble's sister,
Honor, married Sir Thomas Viner, goldsmith, Mayor in 1653, and
created Baronet with Sir William Humble on the Restoration in
1660.* Mr. Ward's son and heir, Humble Ward, married the
* In St. Saviour's, Southwark, is a monument to the memory of Richard Humble,
Alderman of London, his two wives, and children, and on the north side of this
monument are these lines :—
" Like to the damask rose you see,
Or like the blossom on the tree,
Or like the dainty flower of May;
Or like the morning of the day,
Or like the sun, or like the shade,
Or like the gourd which Jonas had, —
Even so is man whose thread is spun,
Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
The rose withers, the blossom blasteth,
The flower fades, the morning hasteth,
The sun sets, the shadow flies,
The gourd consumes, — and man he dies;"
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daughter and heiress of Lord Dudley who became Baroness Dudley.
Humble Ward was knighted, and on the 23rd March 1644 was elevated
to the peerage as Baron Ward of Birmingham. Edward, the second
Baron Ward, at the demise of his mother succeeded to the Barony
of Dudley in 1701, and became Lord Dudley and Ward. The vis-
county and earldom was created on 13th February 1860.
1650. — Henry Pinchiey, goldsmith, at the sign of the "Three
Squirrels" in Fleet Street, over against St. Dunstan's Church, was
established about this time. Boyne quotes a farthing token issued
by him at the " Three Squirrels" in 1650. In 1666 his house was
burned down. Mr. Noble, in his " Memorials of Temple Bar," states
that the terms of rebuilding were settled by the Commissioners in
April 1667, and in marking out it appears that Major Pinckney's
property consisted of four houses leading, on the south frontage, " to
the Temple Garden." In sc Pepys' Diary," under date 1st December
1660, we read : "Mr. Shepley and I went into London, and, calling
on Mr. Pinckney, the goldsmith, he took us to the tavern, and gave us
a pint of wine." This business was carried on by Chambers and
Usborne in 1 693, and towards the end of the 18th century it was
taken by Messrs. Gosling.
William Pinchiey, of the " Green Dragon," Inner Temple Gate, is
spoken of about 1663. The " Green Dragon " was next door to the
" Three Squirrels " in Fleet Street, and both became the property of
the Pmckneys. Being destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, they were
rebuilt as one house, and the sign of the " Squirrels " adopted. Being
great losers by the closing of the Exchequer in 1672, the Pinckneys,
like many other sufferers, were probably compelled to relinquish their
business.
1644.— Sir John Wollaston, Knight, Alderman, Sheriff 1638,
Mayor 1644. Sir Robert Harley, Master of the Mint for many years,
having refused to stamp any of the proposed coins for the Common-
wealth, except with the King's head as formerly, he was dismissed
from that office. On the subject being referred to the Council of
State, the members strongly recommended Sir John Wollaston as a
fit and proper person for Master Worker of the Mint for 1648-9, but
notwithstanding this repeated recommendation, the House appointed
Aaron Guerdain, Doctor of Physic, as Master of the Mint in Harley's
place. Sir John Wollaston was selected as foreman of the jury to
superintend the making of gold and silver trial pieces for the Com-
monwealth. By his will he bequeathed to the Goldsmiths' Company,
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in trust, property, as valued by the Commissioners, ,£25 per annum to
Bethlehem Hospital and other charities, amounting to <£140 per annum.
Extracts from a Register of Scholars at Merchant Taylors'.
(By the Rev. C. J. Robinson.)
Henry Futter, goldsmith. His son Henry, born St. Mary Wolnoth
1640, entered 1650.
William Johnson, goldsmith. His only son William, bom at St.
Sepulchre's 1639, entered 1652.
Edward Michell, goldsmith. His only son James, born 164 0 in St
Andrew's Wardrobe, entered 1652.
Tobias Coleman, goldsmith. His eldest son Tobias, born 1643,
St. Leonard's, Foster Lane, entered 1653.
John Feak, goldsmith. His fourth son Richard, born 1640, St
Mary Wolnoth, entered 1653.
Gabriel Marriott, goldsmith. His eldest son Simeon, born 1645,
St Dionis Backchurch, entered 1655.
William Hough, goldsmith. His two sons Thomas and John, born
1645 and 1647, All Hallows', Lombard Street, entered 1655.
Edward South, goldsmith. His fourth son Edward, horn 1644, St.
John Zachary, entered 1655.
Henry Whittinyham, goldsmith. His only son Henry, born 1644,
St. Olaves', Silver Street, entered 1656.
George Bullen, goldsmith. His eldest son John, born 1649, St.
Leonard's, Foster Lane, entered 1657.
Hugh Lewis, goldsmith. His eldest son Charles, born 1643, St.
Botolph, Aldersgate Street, entered 1657.
Henry Baggs, goldsmith. His second son Francis, born 1651,
St. Martin's, Yintry, entered 1658.
William Wayne, goldsmith. His son William, born 1647, St.
Catherine Cree Church, entered 1658.
William Sankey, goldsmith. His second son George, born 1647,
St. Mary Wolnoth, entered 1659.
Thomas Bonny, goldsmith. His second son Thomas, born 1647,
entered 1659.
Edward Abel, goldsmith. His third son Samuel, born 1650, St.
Peter's, Cornhill, entered 1660.
1640. — George Snell, of the <( Fox " in Lombard Street, goldsmith,
lost £10,800 by the closing of the Exchequer in 1672. He was
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chosen one of the jury to superintend the making of the standard trial
pieces for the Commonwealth in 1649. In 1677 he is mentioned in the
Little London Directory as a banker or keeper of running cashes at
the same house. Four sons of George Snell were at Merchant
Taylors' School — William in 1638 and George in 1643. The latter
died young, s.p. according to Burke (" Landed Gentry"), and
William died in 1705. Robert, third son, born at Allhallow's, Lombard
Street, in 1642, Merchant Taylors' School 1650, died 1666. John,
fourth son, born 1651, Merchant Taylors' School 1660, succeeded his
father in the business. (0. J. Robinson, op. cit.)
1640.- — Sir Thomas Finer, goldsmith, Sheriff in 1648, Lord Mayor
1653-4. He was chosen one of the jury to superintend the making
of gold and silver trial pieces for the Commonwealth in 1649. He
was knighted by Cromwell during his mayoralty, and created Baronet
by Charles II. in 1660. Having been chosen Mayor during the
usurpation, he was, with other Aldermen, displaced at the Restoration,
and the former Aldermen were reappointed who had been set aside.
He married Honor, the daughter of George Humble, Esq., ancestor
of Lord Dudley and Ward (the present Earl Dudley). He died 11th
May 1665, and was buried in St. Mary Wolnoth's, opposite his shop
in Lombard Street. He bequeathed £200 for the poor brethren of
the Goldsmiths' Company. His son Sir Robert erected a monument
to his memory in 1672 ; also another monument in the same church
to his brother, Thomas Vyner, Esq., Clerk of the Patents, who died
in 1667, thus recorded : — "Thomas Vyner, Esq., son of Sir Thomas
Vyner by his second wife Honour, daughter of George Humble,, Esq.,
of this parish." An ancestor, Sir William Viner, grocer, was Mayor
in 1389.
1660.- — Sir Jeremiah Snow was a goldsmith and banker in Lombard
Street. He was a considerable loser by the closing of the Exchequer
by Charles II. in 3 672, having £60,000 deposited there. He was
educated at Merchant Taylors' School, which he entered in 1641.
His two brothers entered the same school- — Edward in 1639 and
Nathaniel in 1641. " Sir Jeremiah was knighted in 1678, and created
a Baronet in 1679. He died in 1702."- — (Le Neve.) As his name
does not appear in the "Little London Directory" of 1677, he had
probably retired previously, and was succeeded by Thomas Snow, at
the " Golden Anchor " in the Strand.
1658. — Sir George Viner } son of Sir Thomas, was born in the
parish of St. Mary Wolnoth in 1638, admitted as scholar in Merchant
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Taylors' School in 1 644, " of St. John's College, Cambridge, B.A.,
citizen and goldsmith of London, banker to King Charles II. Knighted
and succeeded his father, Sir Thomas, in the baronetcy in 1665. He
died in 1673." — (Burke's "Extinct Baronetage.")
1666. — Sir Charles Doe, goldsmith. For preserving the Goldsmiths'
Company's plate and writings, and other their concerns, during the Great
Fire, and placing them in a place of security at Edmonton — " For this
careful and prudent act of the said Sir Charles Doe, the thanks of
the Wardens and Assistants present were given him."
1660. — Robert Souths John Terry, William Symonds, Mr. Maninge,
and William Daniel were goldsmiths, and donors of plate to the
Goldsmiths' Company previous to the Great Fire of 1666, at which
time their gifts were melted down into coin to supply funds for
rebuilding the Hall, &c.
1667. — Anthony Bradshaw, goldsmith, presented a cup to the
Goldsmiths' Company in a previous year, which was melted in 1667
to provide funds for repairing the Hall.
1667. — James Feake White, goldsmith, is recorded as having pre-
sented a cup to the Goldsmiths' Company, which was melted with
several other pieces of plate, to provide ready money to repair the
Hall after the Great Fire. Date unknown.
1632. — Simon Gibbon, goldsmith, presented to the same Company a
handsome salt-cellar, which fortunately escaped the fate of many others,
and is still preserved, Given in 1632.
1660. — Alderman Francis Meynell was a goldsmith and banker,
Sheriff in 1662. He is mentioned by Pepys in his diary, date 18th
September 1662 : "At noon Sir George Carteret, Mr. Coventry and I,
by invitation to dinner to Sheriff Meynell's, the great money man.
He and Alderman Backwell, and much more noble and brave com-
pany, with the privilege of their rare discourse, which is great content
to me, above all other things in the world." And again, on the 19th
January 1662-3 : " Singled out Mr. Coventry into the matted gallery,
and there I told him the complaints I meet every day about our
Treasurer's, or his people's, paying no money but at the goldsmiths'
shops, where they are forced to pay 15 or sometimes 20 per cent, for
their money, which is a most horrid shame, and that which must not
be suffered. Nor is it likely that the Treasurer, at least his people,
will suffer Maynell, the goldsmith, to go away with £'10,000 per
annum, as he do now get, by making people pay after this manner
for their money."
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1649. — Packard Morrell, goldsmith. His name occurs as one of
the Jury of Goldsmiths elected by the Commonwealth in 1649 to
superintend the making of standard trial pieces of gold and silver for
the coins. He presented a silver cup to the Goldsmiths' Company,
and by his will, dated 1703, bequeathed a sum of money to found
almshouses at Hackney, besides an annuity of 52s. for the poor.
1079. — Thomas Jameson, goldsmith, gave £100 for the poor of
the Company.
1663. — Sir James Drax gave to the Goldsmiths' Company a dona-
tion of £100 for the poor.
1664. — Anthony Walter, goldsmith, gave to the Company £100 for
the poor.
1637-56. — JoJm Perry n, goldsmith, who resided at East Acton,
founded almshouses at Acton by a bequest to the Goldsmiths' Com-
pany dated 1656. He was also appointed one of the Jury of Gold-
smiths by the Commonwealth, in 1649, to superintend the making of
standard trial pieces for the coinage. In 1637 he was imprisoned
and fined with others, on the information of Thomas Violet, for melting
the heaviest coins into ingots and exporting the same into foreign
countries.
1663. — John Hinde, goldsmith. In this year (1663) his name
appears in Alderman Backwell's ledgers as having an account with
him. In 1677 the "Little London Directory" shows that John
Hinde and Thomas Carwood kept running cashes over against the
Exchange in Cornhill.
1670.— Sir Thomas Cook, Knight, goldsmith. In the "Little
London Directory," 1677, we find that Thomas Cook and Nicholas
Cary were goldsmiths and bankers at the " Griffin " in Exchange
Alley. John Cook, described as son of a knight (viz. Sir Thomas),
was at Merchant Taylors' School in 1686, and of St. John's College,
Oxford, in 1693. (C. J. Robinson, op. cit.)
1662. — Daniel Bellingham, goldsmith. His name occurs as
patentee with Sir Thomas Yyner and Robert Vyner in the establish-
ment of a mint for coining silver in Dublin in 1662. An office with
all the usual appointments were prepared. A patent was granted for
twenty-one years to coin small silver moneys ; but the undertaking
was dropped, the terms not being sufficiently remunerative to the
projectors.
1676. — Blanchard and Child. After William Wheeler's death,
Robert Blanchard, who was considerably senior to Francis Child,
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appears to have carried on the business by himself. Blanchard having
married Child's mother, he took him into partnership a few years
after.
In the " Little London Directory" (1677) the firm is styled
Blanchard and Child, keeping " running cashes," or actually bankers.
Robert Blanchard died June 5th, 1681, when the firm was Francis
Child and John Rogers, the latter being manager, a custom which
has existed in that bank, and which is still continued ; subsequently
a Mr. Jackson was taken in as a junior partner.
At Blanchard's death, Francis Child, the industrious apprentice,
in 1681, became possessed of the whole fortune of the Wheelers and
Blanchards, having married Elizabeth his cousin, only daughter and
heiress of his uncle William Wheeler, junior.
Robert Blanchard bequeathed £200 to the Goldsmiths' Company
for the poor.
Late in Charles II. 's reign Alderman Backwell, who was ruined by
the iniquitous closing of the Exchequer, became bankrupt in 1672,
and his business was transferred to the firm with all the books and
accounts, which are still preserved ; but it does not appear, as has been
stated, that he had any further interest as a partner, Backwell having
fled to Holland, where he died in 1679. Among the accounts thus
transferred were those of Nell Gwynne, Prince Rupert, and many of
the nobility.
Alderman Backwell's son, Tyringham, married Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of the first Sir Francis Child, by whom he had two sons.
Barnaby and William, who both went into the bank and subsequently
became partners.
1677. — John Snell, fourth son of George Snell, succeeded his
father as goldsmith and banker, at the sign of the "Fox " in Lombard
Street; born 1651. He is mentioned in the " Little London Direc-
tory " as keeping " running cashes " in 1677 at the same house
Thomas Violet carried on the business of goldsmith in London.
The practice, so ruinous to the coinage, of culling out the more
weighty coins for the purpose of reducing them to bullion, was
about this time ( I 627) carried' to an alarming extent, so as not only
to produce a scarcity of money, but also to render that which
remained too feeble, and to raise the price of silver above that allowed
by the mints.
To check these abuses, the King issued a proclamation in this year
that all persons were forbidden to exchange or buy any bullion in any
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part of His Majesty's dominions, or should give or receive for the
exchanging of any current coins more than the said coins should be
current for, and that no coin should be exported, and no goldsmith
melt any current coins, or give more than the price allowed at the
mint, under heavy penalties.
In J 637, Violet was instrumental, with others, in melting down the
heaviest coins of the King into bullion, and giving a higher price than
was allowed by the mints for gold and silver, and exporting the same,
for which complicity he was informed against in the Star Chamber,
and imprisoned for above twenty weeks for refusing to answer inter-
rogatories, but was pardoned on condition of discovering his accom-
plices and paying a fine of £2,000 in gold. The others were Henry
Futter, Henry Sweeting, Peter Hern, John Terry, Arnold Brames,
Isaac G,old, Timothy Eman, Randall Crew, Francis Brogclen, Luke
Lee, John Perryn. They were sentenced to be committed to the
Fleet, Hern, Terry, and Eman were fined £2,000 each, Brames
£1,000, Futter and Sweeting £500 each, and Perryn £100; the
others were discharged. They were, doubtless, all goldsmiths in a
considerable way of business. Futter, Perryn, and Terry have been
herein noticed. Perryn was one of the Jury in 1649 to make trial
pieces for the Commonwealth.
Violet boasts in one of his publications — " A true Discovery how
the Commons of England had been cheated of almost all the Gold
and Silver Coin of this Nation," London, 1653 — that the persons
who were accused and convicted in the Star Chamber, were informed
against by him. He afterwards wrote also " An Appeal to Caesar,"
endeavouring to inculpate the goldsmiths of Lombard Street, "who lay
up gold and silver for the merchants to transport, some goldsmiths
keeping great merchants of London's cashes and some noblemen's
cash. By this credit of several men's moneys the goldsmiths in
Lombard Street are in the nature of bankers, and have a great stock
of treasure by them always of gold, foreign coins, and silver. The
goldsmith is your merchants' jackall, as the jackall is to the lion,
they hunt for the lion's prey," &o.
1650. — Alderman Edward Backwell was a goldsmith, and one of
the largest bankers in the early part of the reign of Charles I. He
carried on his trade at the "Unicorn" in Lombard Street, between
the " Grasshopper " and the " White Horse,'' about 68 or 69 of the
present numbering. He is frequently mentioned by Pepys in his
" Diary." 24th December 1660 : " I went to choose a payre of Can-
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dlesticks, to be made ready for me at Alderman Baokwell's." He
made a large fortune ; but in the reign of Charles II. when, as Granger
says, " the laws were overborne by perfidy, violence, and rapacity," he
lost, on the closing of the Exchequer in 1672, as much as £295,994.
After his bankruptcy in 1672 he retired to Holland, and died in 16 7!).
1636. — John Pargiter was a goldsmith in Fleet Street, next door
but one to Sergeants' Inn Gate. He filled many parish offices in
St. Dunstan's in 1636. In his " Diary" Pepys gives this estimate of
him: " I took up in the coach Mr. Pargiter, the goldsmith, who is
the man of the world I do most know and believe to be a cheating
rogue." His premises were destroyed in the Great Fire, and not
rebuilt until three years after. One of his sons opened a shop in
St. Clement's parish, where he was buried in 1688.
1660. — Humphrey Stocks or Stokes, Pepys' " own little goldsmith,"
lived first in Paternoster Row; in 1677 he removed to the "Black
Horse" in Lombard Street. In 1740, John Bland and Son were
established there, the predecessors of Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, & Co.
1680— Mr, Fells, goldsmith, " The Bunch of Grapes," Strand.
The following advertisement appears in a newspaper of October 29th,
1680 : — " There was dropt out of a balcony in Cheapside a very large
watch case studded with gold ; if any person hath taken it away and
will bring it to Mr. Fells, goldsmith, at the sign of ' The Bunch of
Grapes ' in the Strand, he shall have a guinney reward."
1662. — Charles Everard, goldsmith, lived at the "Star," near
Exchange Alley, in Lombard Street, in 1662, afterwards occupied by
John Wasson, and subsequently by Joseph Hornby.
1665. — John Colvitt, of Lombard Street, noticed by Pepys, June
29th, 1665 : "After dinner to my little new goldsmith's, whose wife,
indeed, is one of the prettiest, modest black women that I ever saw.
I paid for a dozen of silver salts, £6 14s. 6d." Colvill had no less
than £85,000 in the Exchequer when Charles II. closed it.
1666. — Sir Robert Finer, of Lombard Street, was a celebrated
goldsmith ; Sheriff in 1666, Mayor 1675. He made the Crown Jewels
for Charles II. 's coronation at a cost of upwards of £30,000, and
entertained His Majesty at Guildhall during his mayoralty in 1675.
Pepys says: " 1st February 1666. — Thence to Sir Robert Yiner's,
leaving clear in his hands £2,000 of my owne money, to call for when
I pleased." A short time after, Pepys adds that he went to Lombard
Street and brought it away, being much surprised to find he received
£35 for the use of it for a quarter of a year. When the Exchequer
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closed in 1672, Viner had in it do less than £416,724. This, however,
does not appear to have ruined him or shaken his credit, as he was
elected Mayor a few years after. Evelyn in his et Diary," 19th June
1679, says : " I dined at Sir Robert Clayton's with Sir Robert Viner,
the great hanquer."
The following story is recorded by Grammont. Sir Robert Viner
was a very loyal man, and, if you will allow the expression, very fond
of his Sovereign. He entertained His Majesty Charles II. at
Guildhall during his mayoralty in 1675 ; but what with the joy he
felt at heart for the honour done him by his Prince, and the warmth
he was in with continual toasting healths, his lordship grew a little
too fond of his royal guest, and entered into a familiarity not alto-
gether graceful in so public a place. The King understood very well
how to extricate himself in all such difficulties, and, with a hint to
the company to avoid ceremony, stole off and made towards his
coach, which stood ready for him in Guildhall Yard. But the
Mayor liked his company so well, and was grown so intimate, that
he pursued him hastily, and, catching him fast by the hand, cried
out, with a vehement oath and accent, " Sir, you shall stay and take
t' other bottle." The airy monarch looked kindly at him over his
shoulder, and with a smile and graceful air repeated this line of the
old song—
<f He that *s drunk is as great as a king,"
and immediately returned and complied with his host's invitation.
" Sir Robert Viner erected at his own charge at Stocks Market
Conduit, upon a pedestal eighteen feet high, an equestrian statue
of Charles II. trampling on an enemy with his horse's feet. On
the pedestal was his coat of arms within a compartment of fishes."
The great civil war, though it ruined thousands, was nevertheless
the cause of many large fortunes being acquired. Viner was one of
these lucky men. In one transaction, recorded by Pepys, he cleared
£10,000 by a timely loan to Charles II. The statue alluded to above
has a curious history. Sir Robert, wishing to show his loyalty and
gratitude at as cheap a rate as possible, obtained, through his agent
at Leghorn, a white marble group which was to have been erected in
honour of John Sobieski, King of Poland, commemorating his con-
quest of the Turks, representing that hero on horseback, the animal
trampling upon a prostrate Mussulman. A little alteration, not by
any means an improvement, was made in the faces of the figures,
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Sobieski was converted into a very indifferent likeness of Charles IT.
and the prostrate foe into that of Oliver Cromwell ; but the artist
omitting to erase the turban on the Mussulman's head, ludicrously
revealed the imposture, This group was unveiled on the day the
King attended the mayoral banquet at Guildhall. It was taken
down in 1736 (having remained in situ for sixty-one years), to make
room for the Mansion House, built on the site of the old Stocks
Market. For many years it lay neglected in a builder's shed, till an
enterprising innkeeper set it up in his back-yard. At last, in 1779,
the Corporation presented it to Robert Viner, Esq., a descendant of
the loyal Lord Mayor, who forthwith removed it to decorate his country
seat. A satirical poet of the day thus apostrophizes the statue : —
The Last Dying Speech and Confession of the Horse at Stocks
Market.
Ye whimsical people of London's fair town,
Who one day put up what the next you pull down ;
Full sixty-one years have I stood in this place,
And never till now met with any disgrace.
What affront to crowned heads could you offer more bare,
Than to pull down a King to make room for a Mayor ?
* * * *
The great Sobieski, on horse with long tail,
I first represented when set up for sale ;
A Turk, as you see, was placed under my feet,
To prove o'er the Sultan my triumph complete.
When the King was restored, you then, in a trice,
Called me Charles the Second, and, by way of device,
Said the old whiskered Turk had Oliver's face —
Though, you know, to be conquered he ne'er felt the disgrace.
* ' # * #
As the market is moved, I 'm obliged to retreat ;
I could stay there no longer with nothing to eat ;
Now the herbs and the greens are all carried away.
I must trot unto those who will find me in hay.
Sir Robert Viner had a black boy, who died of consumption. He
had his body embalmed and kept in a box at his seat, Swakeley
House, Middlesex. Pepys mentions, in his diary, having seen it.
Sir Robert contributed largely towards the rebuilding of St. Mary
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Wolnoth, aa memorial whereof," says Strype, " are the Vines that
adorn and spread about that part of the church that fronts his house
and the Street (Lombard Street), insomuch that the church was
used to be called Sir Robert Viner's church." His house was on
the spot where the General Post Office now stands in Lombard Street.
The bills of Sir Robert Viner for making the Regalia for the
Coronation of Charles II. will be found in speaking of " the Regalia."
1670. — William Gosling, one of the Sheriffs in 1684, who was
knighted and became Alderman of Farringdon Without, was probably
the founder of the well-known firm of goldsmiths and bankers ; they
were originally plate- workers as well as goldsmiths. We first meet
with the name in the account of the secret service moneys of Charles
II. " On the 22nd May 1674.— To Richard Bokenham, in full, for
several parcels of gold and silver lace, bought of William Gosling
and Partners by the Duchess of Cleveland, for the wedding clothes
of Lady Sussex and Lichfield, £640 8s."
On the copper plate at Goldsmiths' Hall, struck by the makers
with their punches between 1675 and 1697, the letter G surmounted
by a crown represents this firm. The next time we find the name is
in the Goldsmiths' books, when, on the 28th June 1739, Richard
Gosling enters his name as plate- worker, residing in Barbican. On
the 7th July 1743 he removed to Cornhill. From 1750 to 1757 the
firm was Gosling and Bennett, and in the Parliamentary Return of
1773 they are described as Richard and Joseph Gosling, spoon
makers, Cornhill.
Sir Francis Gosling, Knt., " a gentleman of the most amiable
character in public and private life. He was elected Alderman in
1756, and served the office of Sheriff in 1758, having twice declined
that of Lord Mayor on account of ill-health. He died 23rd December
1768, and was succeeded as Alderman of Farringdon Without by
John Wilkes, Esq." (Hughson.)
It was probably about 1780 when the Goslings took the house in
Fleet Street with the sign of the " Three Squirrels," where it still
remains over the centre window, and where they still flourish at the
same house. In 1796 the firm was Francis Gosling, William Gosling,
and Benjamin Sharpe, and it is still styled " Goslings & Sharpe."
The original sign, in solid silver, is preserved, and can be seen in the
front shop ; it is about two feet high, made to lock and unlock, and
was discovered in the house in 1858, having probably been taken
down on the general removal of street signs, and forgotten. This
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house in Fleet Street is stated to have belonged to Henry Pinckney,
a goldsmith, about the year 1650. Boyne mentions a farthing token
issued by him at the " Three Squirrels," over against St. Dunstan's
Church in 1650. (See Pinckney.)
The following goldsmiths were also severe losers by the closing
of the Exchequer in 1672, which caused the utter ruin of several of
them : —
1666. — William Rawson and John Marriott,
1668. — Francis Kenton, " King's Arms," Fleet Street. He recovered
his position and is found in the list of those who kept "running
cashes " five years later.
IQGS.—John Mawson dc Co., the " Golden Hind," Fleet Street. They
kept "running cashes " at the same house in 1677.
1670. — Joseph Horneby, goldsmith, at the " Star" in Lombard Street.
He took a lease of these premises in 1666, which were burned down
shortly after. He lost £22,500 by the closing of the Exchequer
in 1672, but still continued his business, being mentioned in the
"Little London Directory " of 1677 as keeping " running cashes" at
the same house.
1672,—John Portman lost by the same iniquitous proceeding
£76,000.
1672.- — Thomas Roive, of the "George" in Lombard Street, lost
£17,000. Thomas Bo we and George Green were at the same house
as bankers in 1677, being included in the list in the "Little London
Directory."
1672.- — Bernard Turner, of the " Fleece," Lombard Street, lost
£16,000. In 1777 the firm was Turner and Tookie, keeping " run-
ning cashes."
1672.— Robert Welstead lost upwards of £11,000.
1672 — Gilbert Whitehall lost as much as £248,000.
1677. — John Coyys was a goldsmith keeping " running cashes" at
the " King's Head " in the Strand in this year, who had apparently a
very good connection as a banker.
1677. — John Temple, goldsmith. Sir Kobert Viner's manager, car-
ried on his business after Sir Eobert's great loss compelled him to
relinquish it. Pepys styles him, "the fat blade, Sir Kobert Viner's
chief man." In 1777 we find him at the " Three Tuns " in Lombard
Street, in partnership with John Seale.
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1677. — Thomas Williams, goldsmith, at the " Crown " in Lombard
Street, kept " running cashes " in this year ; he was the predecessor of
Messrs. Willis, Percival & Co., bankers.
1670. — Lindsay, John, a goldsmith, circa 1670. He subsequently
married Dorothy, the widow of John Colvill of Lombard Street.
In the " Little London Directory" of 1677 we find a list of gold-
smiths who were also bankers or kept "running cashes"; plate-
workers, not keeping shops for the sale of plate, are excluded from
this list. " Hereunto is an addition of all the goldsmiths that keep
running cashes."
John Addis and Company, at the Sun in Lumbard Street.
John Bolitho and Mr. Wilson, at the Golden Lion in Lumbard Street.
John Ballard, at the Unicorn, Lumbard Street.
Job Bolton, at the Bolt and Tun in Lumbard Street.
Robert Blanchard and Child, at the Marygold in Fleet Street.
Thomas Cook and Nicholas Gary, at the Griffin in Exchange Alley.
Mr. Cuthbert, in Cheapside.
Mr. Cogqs, at the King's Head in the Strand.
Mr. Churchill, in the Strand.
Charles Duncomb and Richard Kent, at the Grasshopper in Lum-
bard Street.
John Eiving and Benjamin Norrinyton, at the Angel and Crown in
Lumbard Street.
Mr. East, in the Strand.
Thomas Fowles, at the Black Lion in Fleet Street.
Joseph and Nathaniel Hornboy, of the Star in Lumbard Street.
John Hind and Thomas Garwood, over against the Exchange in
Cornhill.
Benjamin Hinton, at the Flower de Luce in Lumbard Street.
James Herriot, at the Naked Boy in Fleet Street.
James Hore, at the Golden Bottle in Cheapside.
James Johnson, at the Three Flower de Luces in Cheapside.
Thomas Kilbome and Gapill, at the King's Head in Lumbard Street.
Mr. Kenton, at the King's Arms in Fleet Street.
Mr. Ketch, at the Black Horse in the Strand.
Henry Lamb, at the Grapes in Lumbard Street.
James Lapley, at the Three Cocks in Cheapside.
John Mawson and Company, at the Golden Hind, in Fleet Street.
Henry Nelthorpe, at the Rose in Lumbard Street.
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Thomas Price, at the Goat in Lumbard Street.
Peter Percefull and Stephen Evans, at the Black Boy in Lumbard
Street.
Thomas Par doe, at the Golden Anchor in Lumbard Street.
Thomas Rome and Thomas Green, at the George in Lumbard Street.
Humphrey Stocks, at the Black Horse in Lumbard Street.
John Sweetaple, at the Black Moor's Head in Lumbard Street.
John Snell, at the Fox in Lumbard Street.
Michael Schrimpshaw, at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street.
Richard Staley, in Covent Garden.
John Temple and John Seale, at the Three Tuns in Lumbard Street
John Thnrsby, at the Ball in Lumbard Street.
Bar Turner and Samuel Toohie.
Major John Wallis, at the Angell in Lumbard Street.
Peter Wade, at the Mermaid in Lumbard Street.
Peter White and Churchill, at the Plough in Lumbard Street.
Thomas White, at the Blew Anchor in Lombard Street.
Thomas Williams, at the Crown in Lumbard Street.
Robert Ward and John Townley, at the Earn in Lumbard Street.
1677. — James Hore or Hoare, Warden of the Mint with Charles
Duncombe 1678-81, ancestor of the well-known bankers, is described
in the foregoing list as keeping " running cashes " at the " Golden
Bottle" in Cheapside, but his goldsmith's trade was established earlier
than 1677. He was Comptroller of the Mint in 1661, Surveyor of
the Meltings and Clerk of the Coins in 1665, and from 1679 to 1682
Warden of the Mint. About 1692 he removed to Fleet Street where,
under the sign of "The Golden Bottle," his descendants still flourish.
The old sign may be seen over the doorway ; it is the form of the
old leathern bottle in which ale was carried by the labourers, hay-
makers, and others in the 17th century. The popular version is that
it represented the identical bottle carried by the founder of the firm
when he came to London to seek his fortune.
Sir Richard Colt Hoare, the celebrated Wiltshire antiquary, attempts
to destroy this romance in his family history; he says the Bottle is
merely a sign adopted by James Hoare, the founder of the bank,
from his father having been citizen and cooper of the city of London,
but, in fact, coopers did not make leathern bottles or any wooden
vessels of that shape.
Sir Richard Hoare, goldsmith; Sheriff 1709, Lord Mayor 1713,
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M.P. for the City of London. He died in 1718, and by his will he left
the sum of £200 for the poor of the Goldsmiths' Company, and was
buried at St. Dunstan's in the West; the monument having been
erected by his son Henry.
1718. — Henry Hoare succeeded his father Sir Richard; a book
plate in the possession of Captain Hoare, bears his arms and date
1705. The old canting motto of the family, " Datub, hoka amori,"
is susceptible of various free translations. He bequeathed in 1722,
£200 for the poor of the Goldsmith's Company.
1722. — The second Sir Richard Hoare , principal of the firm, succeeded
SirF. Child as Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon Without. Sheriff
in 1740-41, in which year there were three lord mayors. He died 12th
October 1754, and was buried in St. Dunstan's ; his monument records
that he was Lord Mayor in the memorable year 1745, in which alarm-
ing crisis he discharged the great trust reposed in him with honour and
integrity, to the approbation of his Sovereign and of his fellow citizens.
1674. — John Saunders, goldsmith, presented to the Goldsmiths'
Company two silver cups and covers. We have not met with ny
other notice of him.
1670-90. — Brattle {Sir John) was King's Assay Master at the Mint
from 1670 to 1690. A Mr. Brattle was in 1666 Deputy Assayer
at Goldsmiths' Hall. " Sir John Brattle, a worthy person, and who
hath long enjoyed a considerable office in the Royal Mint" (Dr.
Walker's account of Et^wv Bao-iAi/07, 4to. Lond. 1691).
Charles Brattle was King's Assayer at the Mint from 1690 to 1716,
also a Daniel Brattle was Assayer at the Mint about the same time.
1680-1702. — Marot {Daniel), a Huguenot artificer and designer,
was originally an architect. He was brought to this country by
William III. from Holland, where he had taken refuge. His works
have been described as " an inexhaustible treasury of models for gold
and silver." The candlesticks, in the form of Corinthian columns
(prompted by his early pursuits), were probably designed by him,
although popularly ascribed to the period of Queen Anne. He
doubtless was the cause of a great improvement in the style of plate
of the Anne era now so much appreciated.
1677. — Charles Buncombe ' and Richard Kent were goldsmiths at
the " Grasshopper " in Lombard Street. Duncombe was an appren-
tice of Alderman Backwell, and on his retirement and bankruptcy,
occasioned by the closing of the Exchequer, started on his own
account in partnership with Mr, Kent. Charles Duncombe was
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Master or Warden of the Mint with James Hore 1678-ftl. He was
very successful and acquired an immense fortune. About 160(5 he
purchased the Duke of Buckingham's estate at, Helmsley, in Yorkshire,
for <£90,000 ; it was afterwards called Duncombe Park. Sir Charles
Buncombe Sheriff in 1699 and Mayor in 1708-9. He left his
estates to his sister Mrs. Brown, who, taking her brother's name,
became the founder of the present family of Earl Feversham. When
Duncombe retired, the business passed to a Mr. Smyth, and subse-
quently to Messrs. Stone and Martin, the well-known bankers.
1681. — Heneage Price, goldsmith, took the lease of a house on
the south side of the Strand, without Temple Bar, in the parish of
St. Clement's Danes in 1681.
In a minute of the vestry book of Hadley, dated 11th April 1687,
"it was agreed that Mr. Tayler, W. Dale, and Daniel Hudson, church-
wardens, and George Baron, overseer for the poor, shall go to London
upon the parish charge to receive the legacy of the late E. Hble.
Henry Coventry, Esq., one hundred pounds to the poor of Hadley,
to put the said hundred pounds into the hands of Mr. Heneage Price,
goldsmith, nigh Temple Bar, to ly there till it be called for by the
parish." ("Monken Hadley," by F. C. Cass, M.A.)
1681. — Sir Francis Child, on the death of Kobert Blanchard, suc-
ceeded to the business, taking his manager, John Kogers, in as
a partner : he lived at Parson's Green, and was buried in the
parish church of Fulham. We derive the following authentic in-
formation from the inscription on his tomb : — " Sir Francis Child,
Knight and Alderman, and President of Christ's Church Hospital in
London, who departed this life October the 4th, 1713, setatis 71.
He was Sheriff, 1690, and Lord Mayor in the year 1699, and in the
year 1702 he was chosen one of the four citizens to serve for the said
city in the first Parliament of the reign of Queen Anne. He married
Elizabeth the only daughter and heiress of William Wheeler, gold-
smith, by whom he had twelve sons and three daughters. The bodies
of his sons James and William and of his daughter Martha, wife of
Anthony Collins, Esqre., are removed from the church into this vault."
Of the twelve sons, we have been able to trace only Sir Robert, Sir
Francis, Sir John, and Samuel, who succeeded him as goldsmiths and
bankers in Fleet Street ; Sir Josiah,# an East India Director; another
* Rebecca, third daughter of Sir Josiah Child, of Wansted, -was married to Charles
Marquis of Worcester, son of the Duke of Beaufort, in 1G83. This lad}' was also grand-
mother of the present duke of Grafton.
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who was Governor of Bombay ; Stephen, who in partnership with
Mr. Tudman, was a goldsmith at the Crown in Lombard Street, now
the house of Willis, Percival, & Co.; and James and William, who
probably died in their infancy. He had three brothers — Daniel lived
with him at Parson's Green, Edward living at Burghley in 1686, and
John who lived at Devizes.
Trince Kupert, son of the Queen of Bohemia (daughter of
James I.), who died at his house in Barbican in 1682, and was
buried in Westminster Abbey, left a collection of jewels valued at
£20,000, which were disposed of by lottery under the management
of Mr. Francis Child in the following year. An advertisement in
the " London Gazette" of October 1683 announced that " the jewels
had been valued by Mr. Isaac Legouch, Mr. Christopher Eosse, and
Mr. Bichard Beauvoir, jewellers, and will be sold by lottery, each lot
to be £o. The biggest prize will be a pearl necklace valued at
£3,000, and none less than £100. The money to be paid to Mr.
Child, who will stand obliged to all the adventurers, and that they
shall receive their money back if the drawing does not take place on
the 1st February next. The drawing will take place in the presence
of His Majesty, who will himself see that all the prizes are put in
among the blanks, and that the whole will be managed with equity
and fairness." The drawing took place at Whitehall, the King
counting the tickets among all the lords and ladies who flocked to
take part in the adventure.
The name of Sarah the celebrated Duchess of Marlborough, the
friend of Queen Anne, must ever be remembered with reference to
Child's bank. On one occasion when a rumour was afloat that a run
was about to be made, she collected as much gold as she could and
brought it down herself to the bank at Temple Bar on the very
morning the run was to be made, thus enabling the firm to meet all
demands. In a catalogue of sale of prints, &c, by Mr. Hodgson,
9th June 1834, lot 70 is "an original sketch in oil by Hogarth,
representing a memorable occurrence in the house of Child & Co.,
when they were delivered from a temporary embarrassment by the
munificence of the Duchess of Marlborough."
Sir Robert Child, Sir Francis Child's eldest son, goldsmith, named
after his stepfather Kobert Blanchard, went into partnership with his
father. He was elected Alderman of Farringdon Ward Without in
1713, and was knighted in 1714. He died without issue in 1721.
Sir Robert Child was the first of the family who resided at Osterley
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Park ; the mansion was built by Robert Adam, architect of the
Adelphi.
Sir Francis Child (second son of the first Sir Francis), goldsmith,
succeeded his brother. He was elected Alderman of* his ward in
1721 ; Sheriff, 1722; Lord Mayor and knighted in 1732; President
of Christ's Hospital between 1727 and 1740 ; he was also Member of
Parliament and Director of the East India Company. After the first
Sir Francis' death in 1713 the firm became Robert Child, Francis
Child, Henry Rogers (nephew of John), and Morse, styled " Sir
Robert Child & Co." ; after the death of Sir Robert in 1721, "Sir
Francis Child & Co."
1721. — Sir Francis Child (the second knight) died in 1740, when
Samuel Child, his younger brother, became head of the firm in partner-
ship with Backwell, styled " Samuel Child & Co."* It so remained until
Samuel Child's death in 1752, when it became Messrs. Child and
Backwell, Mrs. Samuel Child and her children, Francis and Robert,
being heads of the firm ; she had also one daughter.
In 1763, Mrs. Child and her son Francis both died, and Robert
Child, Esq., became head of the firm, styled " Robert Child & Co."
He purchased a house in Berkeley Square of the Duke of Manchester
for £10,500, which is still the residence of the Earl of Jersey. Robert
Child, Esq., married Sarah, daughter of Paul Joddrell, Esq., by whom
he had a daughter Sarah Anne who married, 20th May 1782, John,
tenth Earl of Westmorland.
A romantic story is told, that Lord Westmorland was dining with
Mr. Robert Child one afternoon, and, among other subjects upon
which they conversed, Lord Westmorland said, " Child, I wish for
your opinion on the following case. Suppose that you were in love
with a girl, and her father refused his consent to the union, what
should you do ? " " Why ! run away with her, to be sure," was Mr.
Child's prompt reply, little thinking at the time that it was his
daughter that the querist was in love with. ' That night, or a few
days after, Lord Westmorland eloped with Miss Sarah Child in a post -
chaise and four from the Berkeley Square house northwards. Mr.
Child promptly gave chase in a similar conveyance, and was on the
point of overtaking the runaways, when Lord Westmorland, leaning
out of the window, shot one of the leaders, which overturned the
carriage and caused a delay, giving the pair time to reach Gretna,
* He was Member of Parliament.
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and be married without further hindrance. During the short interval
between the runaway marriage and his death in 1782, Mr. Kobert
Child never forgave Lord and Lady Westmorland. He died in the
course of the same year, and by his will he left the whole of his immense
fortune to the first daughter of the union, Lady Sarah Sophia Fane,
who married, on the 23rd May 1804, George Villiers, Earl of Jersey.
After Kobert Child, Esq.'s, death in July 1782, the firm was Mrs.
Sarah Child and partners, styled " Child & Co." In 1791 Mrs. Sarah
Child married Lord Ducie ; Lady Ducie died in 1793. In 1806 the
Eight Hon. Sarah Sophia Child, Countess of Jersey, participated in
the profits of the house as head partner ; she died in 1867, after a
reign of sixty-one years. Her son Victor Albert, Earl of Jersey, is
the present leader of the firm.
A miniature portrait of Sarah, Countess of Jersey, by R. Cosway,
R.A., is in the collection of the Duke of Richmond.
A small full-length portrait of the Countess of Jersey, painted by
Lawrence, still hangs in a room on the first floor. The last of the
Childs died early in this century.
The banking-house was known by the sign of the " Marygold " with
the motto " Ainsi mon ame." The original sign is still to be seen in the
office, and a marigold in full bloom still blossoms on the bank cheques,
as well as in the water-mark. " The Marygold " was in King J ames I.'s
reign a public ordinary kept by Richard Compton (Beaufoy tokens).
In Pennant's time (1790) the original goldsmith's shop seems to
have still existed in Fleet Street in connection with this bank. Asa
banker, Pennant calls Sir Francis Child " father of the profession/'
having laid aside the legitimate goldsmith's trade and confined himself
entirely to banking.
In 1788 the firm of Childs purchased the renowned " Devil
Tavern " where the Apollo Club held its merry meetings presided
over by Ben Jonson. The old sign of Saint Dunstan tweaking -the
Devil by his nose hung outside formerly in Fleet Street. He was
patron of the goldsmiths ; and the old church of St. Dunstan, where
the two clubmen struck the hours and quarters on a bell suspended
between them, will still be remembered by many septuagenarians.
The tavern was pulled down to erect the houses now called Child's
Place.
1688.— Sir John Shorter, Knight, goldsmith,* was appointed
* He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, which he entered in 1641.'
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Mayor of the City of London by James II. for year 1688. He met
his death in a singular manner. He was on his way to open Bar-
tholomew Fair by reading the proclamation at the entrance to Cloth
Fair, Smithfleld. It was the custom for the Mayor on his way to
call on the Keeper of Newgate, and there partake of a cool tankard
of wine spiced and sweetened. In receiving the tankard, Sir John
let the lid suddenly fall down ; the noise frightening the horse he was
upon, it started, and he was thrown violently, and died the following
day, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.
In Strype's Stow, opposite the name of Sir John Shorter, Mayor
in 1688, are placed these significant words, " Never served Sheriff,
nor a freeman of the City ; appointed by King James II." This
must, however, be incorrect, for John Shorter was one of the sheriffs
in 1675, in the mayoralty of Sir Thomas Viner.
Sir John Shorter was buried in St. Saviour's Church (formerly St.
Mary Overie) in 1688, and his wife in 1703. He was the grand-
father of Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert and mother of Horace
Walpole.
1690. — Messrs. Hankey, goldsmiths and bankers, were established
about this time at the sign of the "Three Golden Balls " in Fenchurch
Street* ; they were also pawnbrokers, as most of the goldsmiths em-
braced that profitable business. The sign of " the three balls " (two
to one) having been adopted by pawnbrokers, and the Messrs. Hankey
having dropped that particular line of business, changed their sign
to " The Golden Ball," and continued there until a few years since.
1690. — George Middleton was goldsmith at the "Three Crowns " in
St. Martin's Lane, City, about this time. The business was removed
to Durham Yard in the Strand, and continued by Messrs. Middleton
and Campbell.
1685.— Anthony Ficketts, goldsmith, bequeathed £100 to the poor
of the Goldsmiths' Company.
1689. — William Pierson, goldsmith, bequeathed £50 for the poor
goldsmiths.
1692. — Mr. James Coutts succeeded Messrs. Middleton and
* The old goldsmiths and bankers advanced money upon pledges just as pawn-
brokers do now, choosing, of course, the most valuable articles as security. In the
early ledgers of Alderman Backwell and Blanchard and Childs' accounts may be seen a
separate heading of Pawnes, to which all interest and profits arising from "money
lent " on pledges, or more marketable se6urity, was placed. In the days of Charles EL
the bankers charged as much as twenty or thirty per cent, for money, while they never
appear to have allowed more than six per cent, on deposit.
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Campbell at the " Three Crowns" in 1692. His cheques bore a circular
stamp of three crowns and the letters J. C. reversed and interlaced,
around which wras his address, " At the Three Crowns in the Strand,
next door to the Globe tavern, a.d. 1692." He was the originator
of the widely-known banking-house of Messrs. Coutts & Co.
It is stated that when James Coutts came up to London on a visit
to his brothers, he happened to meet a Miss Polly Peagrim, the niece
of George Campbell the goldsmith of St. Martin's Lane, that he fell
in love and was married to her. Shortly after, Mr. Campbell took
him into partnership, Coutts having given up his connection with his
brothers in an old-established business at Edinburgh, and the style
of the firm was Campbell and Coutts. George Campbell died in
1761, when James Coutts took his brother Thomas into partnership,
who gave up his business in St. Mary Axe, when it became Coutts
and Coutts. Mr. James Coutts died in 1778. His brother Thomas
long survived him, and became one of the first bankers in London.
Mr. Thomas Coutts, who had lived as a bachelor for many years,
married Elizabeth Starkey, a superior domestic servant in his
brother's service, and by her he had three daughters who were
called " the three Graces/' The eldest, Susan, married the Earl of
Guildford; the second, Frances, married the Marquis of Bute; and
Sophia, his third and youngest daughter, married Sir Francis
Burdett, Bart. The miniatures of Susan, Frances, and Sophia by
Richard Cosway, R.A., are in the possession of Col. North.
After Mrs. Coutts' death, who had been an invalid for many years,
he married (in 1815) Miss Mellon, the actress, he being then eighty
years of age. He died on the 22nd February 1822 at the age of
eighty-seven, leaving his widow the whole of his property amounting,
it is said, to £900,000.
Mrs. Coutts afterwards married the Duke of St. Albans; she,
however, reserved to herself by marriage settlement, the sole control of
her property, and at her death she left the whole of her great wealth
to Angela Burdett, the favourite grand-daughter of Mr. Thomas Coutts.
This lady then assumed the additional name of Coutts, and was sub-
sequently created a peeress with the title of Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
The Royal Family formerly banked with Messrs. Coutts; but
George III., hearing that Mr. Coutts had supported Sir Francis
Burdett at the Westminster election by the loan of a large sum of
money (£100,000 as reported), immediately withdrew his account
from the house, and afterwards banked with Messrs. Drummond ; but
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at the desire of His Majesty that his son should be refused any
further loans, the prince withdrew and placed his account at Coutts's,
where he was amply supplied with funds, and the Royal Family still
bank there.
1690. — Sir Thomas Fowles, goldsmith and banker, dwelt about
this time at the " Black Lion" in Fleet Street. He left by will, in 1091,
an annuity of £'10 for the poor of the Company of Goldsmiths.
1690. — James Heriot, a descendant of the celebrated George Heriot
of Edinburgh, " kept running cashes " at the sign of the " Naked Boy "
in Fleet Street. In 1756, Joseph Heriot, of Great St. Andrew's
Street, Seven Dials, entered his name at Goldsmiths' Hall as plate-
worker, also a descendant.
1694. — In this year the Goldsmiths met with a serious rival by the
foundation of the Bank of England, which was mainly instituted
through the exertions of William Pater son, a Scotchman.
1700. — Stephen Child (son of the first Sir Francis) joined Mr.
Tudman, a goldsmith, " at ye Crown in Lumbard St." about this
date, and the representatives of that firm are now Messrs. Willis,
Percival & Co.
1697. — William Gamble was a celebrated goldsmith and plate-
worker living in Foster Lane. He entered his name at the Hall in
April 1697, but his mark for the old standard, WG crowned in a
circle, is found on the copper plate at Goldsmiths' Hall struck
between 1675 and 1696. His Britannia mark of GA crowned in a
circle is frequently met with in the latter part of the 17th and com-
mencement of the 18th century, and many fine examples of his plate
have come under our notice — Monteiths, cups, tankards, &c. He
was succeeded by his son Ellis Gamble, who removed to the " Golden
Angel, Cranhourn Alley, Lester Fields," who doubtless adopted the
same mark, as it was only obligatory to use the first two letters of the
surname, so there wTas no occasion of are-entry, a notice of the change
being sent to the Hall. Hogarth was apprenticed to Mr. Ellis
Gamble, silversmith, in 1712, when he was fifteen years of age, and
remained with him for six years, his time having expired. It was
there he learned the art of plate-engraving. Shop bills of Gamble's
engraved by his famous apprentice, are much sought after by col-
lectors of engravings.* Hogarth died 1761.
* One of these bills has an engraving of 'an angel holding a palm, with an inscription
in French and English: -Ellis Gamble at the 'Golden Angel.' in Cranbounie Street.
Leicester Fields, makes, buys, and sells all sorts of plate, &c."
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1693. — Thomas Seymour, goldsmith, presented, in 1693, to the
Company a silver salt with a crystal cylinder ; height 10f inches.
The foot ornamented with cherub heads and fleur de lis, &c, rest-
ing upon eight lions. We have met with no other notice of this
donor.
1695. — Peter Floyer, goldsmith, of Love Lane, was in a very
extensive way of business as a refiner. His son, was Prime Warden
of the Goldsmiths' Company in 1773.
An Act was passed in the reign of Charles II. and revived 4th
James II. : as a means of supplying the Mint with bullion, it was
enacted therein that every person who should bring bullion of gold
or silver to the Mint to be coined should receive weight for weight in
standard coins. This permission was discontinued in 1695, and was
highly necessary that it should be put a stop to, for in an account
delivered to the Committee of the whole House in February 1695 by
Mr. Neale, Master of the Mint, he stated that from Lady Day imme-
diately preceding, 721,800 guineas had been coined in the Tower for
divers persons, among whom were, —
1705.- — John Croker, born at Dresden in 1670, was originally a
jeweller, came to England, and was employed at the Mint. In 1705
he was appointed Chief Engraver, subsequently Mint Master by
Queen Anne until his death in 1740, when he was succeeded by
Dassier. Queen Anne's farthings, about which some absurd rumours
have been in circulation as to their value, were designed by him, but,
owing to the Queen's death, they were never circulated, hence their
comparative rarity. There are six varieties of these pattern farthings,
struck in gold, silver, copper and tin. The prices of them vary, of
course, with the material. Those in copper, frequently met with, may
be obtained from 10s. to 20s. each ; but some types are more scarce^
say 40s. to 50s.
Peter Floyer
John Mousley .
Eoyal African Company
Lord Lucas
Countess of Northampton
Sir Francis Child
Richard Howe .
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1705. — Charles Boit, born at Stockholm, the son of a Frenchman,
was a jeweller, and came to England to follow that trade. He after-
wards painted portraits in enamel so successfully that he was much
patronised in the reign of Queen Anne. He died 1726.
1680. — Pierre Harache, an eminent goldsmith and plate-worker, of
Suffolk Street, Charing Cross, emigrated from France after the revo-
cation of the Edict of Nantes. The first time we meet with his mark
is on the copper plate at Goldsmiths' Hall between 1675 and 1697.
The first record of his name is of the latter year. The earliest pieces
of plate we have seen are an old standard two-handled cup of the
year 1691, and a fine helmet-shaped ewer of the New Standard of
1697,, engraved with the arms of William III., presented by the King
to the Duke of Devonshire, weighing 70 oz. He died in 1700, and
was succeeded by his son Peter Harache, junior, then residing in
Compton Street, Soho. The father's mark was his initials with two
ermines above, surmounted by a crown, and a crescent under, to which
the son added a fleur-de-lis between the letters. The latest pieces we
have met with are of 1705-6, probably the date of his death. The
important and massive plate made for the Duke of Marlborough, with
several others, will be found noted in the Appendix, being all of
the New Standard.
In the small workers' book at Goldsmiths' Hall we find an entry of
Jean Harache, " a foriner residing in Eider's Corte, Soho," on the
22nd June 1726. His mark was IH, a crown above and a lion
rampant beneath the letters. Also Francis Harache, silversmith, at
"ye Blackmoor's head," Great St. Andrew Street, St. Giles', on the
16th February 1738 ; his mark was simply F H in a square.
These entries prove that the family continued working in the same
trade in the interim between the demise of Pierre and the advent of
Thomas Harache, of whom we shall presently speak.
1697. — Benjamin Pyne was a goldsmith and celebrated plate-
worker. His name was entered in 1697, living in St. Martin's le
Grand. Numerous fine examples are preserved, made between 1697
and 1721. His mark was PY; with a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a
crown.
1697. — Anthony Nelme, goldsmith and plate-worker living in
" Avie Mary Lane," entered his name and mark at the Hall in 1697.
He seems to have been extensively patronised, judging from the
numerous pieces of plate which have come under our notice. He died
in 1722, and was succeeded by Francis Nelme in that year, who
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adopted the same monogram and re-entered his name at the same
house in 1739.
1701. — Simon Pantin, goldsmith and plate-worker, of the ''Pea-
cock," St Martin's Lane, City, entered his name at the Hall in June
1701. In 1717 he removed to Castle Street, Leicester Fields. He
died in 1728, and was succeeded by his son Simon Pantin, junior,
who entered his name in February 1829 and removed in 1731 to
Green Street, Leicester Fields. Lying in 1733 the business was
carried on by his widow Mary Pantin. Numerous examples of the
Pantins' make are preserved, bearing the well-known mark of a
peacock with his tail outspread over the initials. On old Simon
Pantin's death, Lewis Pantin remained in Castle Street, but adopted
for his mark a globe above his initials, entered in 1733 and 1739.
In 1773 he was located at 45 Fleet Street.
1697. — John Bodington, goldsmith and plate-worker, at the " JVJitre "
in Foster Lane, entered his name at the Hall in 1697. There are
several examples of his plate extant. His mark had a mitre above
his initials. Edmund Bodington succeeded in 1727 at the same
house.
1701. — Humphrey Payne, goldsmith and plate- worker, at the
" Golden Cup," Gutter Lane (formerly Guthuron's Lane), entered his
name at the Hall in December 1701. In 1720 he was in Cheapside.
He re-entered his mark in 1739 at the same house, but died shortly
after, as underneath is written " dead." He was succeeded by his son
John Payne, who entered his mark in 1751 and was goldsmith there
in 1773.
This old-established firm was much patronised ; and numerous fine
examples are preserved in collections.
1699.— Pierre Platel, goldsmith and plate-worker, entered his
name at the Hall in 1699, living in the " Pell Mell." He was one
of the Huguenots who escaped to England after the revocation of
the Edict of Nantes. He was much patronised, and produced some
artistic pieces of plate, among which may be specially noted the
standard gold ewer and salver, of elegant form and workmanship, in
the possession of the Duke of Devonshire, made in 1701 ; many
other pieces in silver are extant. The mark he adopted was PL
with a crown above and fleur-de-lis below (the two first letters of his
name), very similar to that of Paul de Lamerie, which he adopted in
1732 ; but they cannot be confounded, as Platel's mark only occurs on
the New Standard, and he probably died about 1720, the last piece
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we have met with being made in 1719. The gold ewer above men-
tioned was made many years before Paul de Lamerie entered his name
and mark of LA in 1712.
1706. — Gabriel Heath, goldsmith and plate- worker of Gutter
Lane, entered his name at the Hall in March 1706, New Standard,
and for the Old Standard in 1720, and re-entered in 1739. In
1753 the firm was Gabriel Heath and Francis Crumpe at the same
house.
1720-50. — Peter Archambo, goldsmith and plateworker. In 1720
he dwelt at the " Golden Cup," in Green Street, Leicester Square,
but removed to Hemings Row in 1722. We next find him located
at the same sign in Coventry Street, in 1739, and in 1749 he was
associated with Peter Meure. Judging from his mark, he was
patronised by the aristocracy, bearing a crown above his initials and
a two-handled cup below. Many of his fine pieces of plate are
preserved, and will be noted in our chronological list of plate. He
worked both in the New and Old Standard.
1725. — William Atkinson, goldsmith and plate-worker, at the
" Golden, Cup," New Fish Street Hill. He first entered his name at
the Hall in May 1725. His mark has a two-handled cup above his
initials. He worked both in the New and Old Standard.
1720-39. — Goorge Boothby, goldsmith and plate worker at the
" Parrot," in the Strand, near Temple Bar. He entered his name at
the Hall in March 1720, both for Old and New Standard silver,
and again in 1739. His mark bore a parrot over his initials.
1716-40. — William Bellassyse, goldsmith and plate-worker at the
" Mitre," in Monkwell Street, first entered his name at the Hall in March
1716. In 1723 he removed to Holborn. His mark was a mitre over
his initials. His son Charles succeeded him at the same sign, having
removed to Eagle Street, Red Lion Square, 1740.
1700. — Thomas Snow was a goldsmith at the i( Golden Anchor" in
the Strand. He was a very careful man of business. He succeeded
Sir Jeremiah Snow, of Lombard Street. The following story is told
by Mr. Frederick Martin in his stories of Banks and Banker*.
" Sampson Gideon, a great Jew broker had occasion to borrow i.'20,000
of Mr. Snow, the banker. Very shortly afterwards a panic occurred,
and Mr. Snow, alarmed for the safety of his loan, addressed a piteous
epistle to the Jew, entreating him to pay the money at once, and
thereby save him from bankruptcy and utter ruin. Gideon knew his
man well and determined to give him back his coveted property, but
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to punish him at the same time for his want of confidence. Accord-
ingly he sent for a phial of hartshorn, and wrapping it in twenty
notes of £1,000 each, returned the loan in that form to Mr. Thomas
Snow, goldsmith, near Temple Bar." Thomas Snow profiting by the
experience of his predecessor, Sir Jeremiah, was sagacious enough to
avoid ruin in the fatal bubble year of 1720. Mr. Gay celebrates his
good fortune in an "Epistle to Thomas Snow, goldsmith, near
Temple Bar"
" 0 ! thou whose penetrative wisdom found
The South Sea rocks and shelves where thousands drown'd,
When credit sunk and commerce gasping lay,
Thou stood'st nor sent'st one bill unpaid away ;
When not a guinea chinked on Martin's boards,
And Atwell's self was drained of all his hoards."
The firm was subsequently Snow and Walton, goldsmiths and
pawnbrokers, like many other goldsmiths and bankers. About 1730
it was Snow and Paltock. In 1736 the firm was Snow & Co. From
1754 to 1768 Snow and Denne. In 1768 William Sandby, a book-
seller in Fleet Street, was associated with the firm. In 1798 Mr. J.
Dean Paul was admitted, and it became the bank of Paul, Strahan,
and Bates. In 1856 the house failed through the unscrupulous
conduct of some of the partners, who misappropriated the securities
left in their charge, and they were transported.
1703. — John Smith, goldsmith, of Holborn, was entered for the
New Standard at the Hall, in 1697. By his will, dated 1703, he
gave the sum of £420 to the Goldsmiths for the poor of the
Company.
1697. — David Willaume came to England about 1686, and com-
menced business as a goldsmith and plate-worker in Pall Mall. His
mark is found on the copper plate previous to 1697, and he entered
his name at the Hall for the New Standard in April 1697. In
1720 he removed to the "Golden Ball," in St. James's Street, where
he had "running cashes," or, in other words, became a banker. In
1739 he again entered his name at the Hall. He was one of the
Protestants who fled from Metz after the revocation of the Edict of
Nantes, declared October 24th, 1685.
1700. — Atwell d Co., goldsmiths and bankers, from about 1680 to
1720, when they failed. Their names are mentioned by Gay in his
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poem addressed to Thomas Snow in 1720, the fatal South Sea Bubble
year, " And Atwell's self was drained of all his hoards."
1720. — Joseph Freame, in 1728, is described as a citizen and
goldsmith in partnership with Thos. Gould. In 1736 the latter died,
and was succeeded by J as. Barclay. In 1768 Silvanus Bevan joined
the firm, Freame died in 1770, and in 1786 John Henton Tritton
became a partner. The sign of the banking-house in 1728 was the
"Black Spread Eagle."
1712. — Andrew Drummond, a goldsmith, was established about
this time; son of Sir John Drummond, of Machany. In 1754 the
firm was still styled Andrew Drummond & Co. ; in 1770 John
Drummond; and in 1775 Robert Drummond & Co. ; 1805 Andrew
Drummond was head partner ; and since then the firm has always
been Drummond & Co. When George III. became displeased with
his bankers Messrs. Coutts, he withdrew his balance, and banked
afterwards with Messrs. Drummond. George, Prince of Wales, like-
wise kept an account with them for some years, but he was probably
too extravagant, and the King desired Messrs. Drummond not to
make any further advances to his son. They were placed in an awkward
position. If he disobeyed the King's commands, they would lose
the accounts and gain the favours of the Prince. On the other hand,
they would offend the Prince and lose the Boyal accounts on the
King's death. The Drurnmonds, however, obeyed His Majesty's com-
mand, and refused any further advances to the Prince of WTales, who
then went to Messrs. Coutts and obtained whatever he required, and
the Boyal family have banked there ever since.
1712. — Paul de Lamerie dwelt at the " Golden Ball," in Windmill
Street, near the Haymarket. He first entered his name at Goldsmiths'
Hall on the 5th February 1712. In or about 1739 we find he had
removed to Gerard Street, Soho. After carrying on business for forty
years, he died at an advanced age inl751, leaving no one to succeed him.
This celebrated silversmith, whose name is so well known to
collectors, and whose works are still so highly appreciated, was greatly
patronised by the nobility and gentry as the first silversmith of his
time ; and there is no doubt he was an artist and designer as well as
a plate-worker.
It is not known when De Lamerie was appointed Boyal Goldsmith,
but his mark has always borne a crown over his initials from the date
of his first entry at the Hall in 1712. He was of foreign extraction,
and probably learned his art in France. It may be here observed that
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he, and many others who acquired celebrity about that time in England,
had probably quitted Paris towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV.,
when the trade had declined to such an extent that they were com-
pelled to find employment in other countries: the Grand Monarque,
to pay the expense of his wars, having sent his plate to the Mint, in
1688, to be melted ; an example which was followed by all his Court,
but not before careful drawings had been made by the goldsmith
Delaunay and others.
Notwithstanding the alteration of the Standard in 1720, De
Lamerie still continued making plate of the New or Britannia
Standard clown to 1732, both qualities being allowed by the Act of
Parliament. All the principal silversmiths disapproved of the
alteration ; and a remonstrance was submitted to the House of
Commons, entitled " The Case of the Working Goldsmiths against
the new Act." (Guildhall Library.)
They considered that the New Standard was not only a better
colour and more brilliant, but that it would be impossible to produce
so high a finish and such elaborate chasing or curious work on the
Old Staudard. It continues: " Foreign Courts, where a coarser
alloy is used, give frequent commissions for their most valuable plate
to be made in London ; but it would be impossible for the finest
artist to finish so complete a work in silver of the Old Standard as
it is now performed in the New Standard ; and that the former, of
11 oz. 2 dwt., would not stand the fire to receive proper ornaments."
They also objected to the duty of 6d. per ounce which was proposed,
and urged that the Old Standard with the duty would be 3d. dearer
than the New Standard. It was in consequence of this assertion
that Section 41 of the new Act was added to it, giving the workers an
opportunity of working either of the qualities.
Thomas Gilpin, goldsmith, of Lincoln's Inn Gate, entered his
name at the Hall, 2nd July 1739. " The grand service of plate which
graced the Royal table, at the banquet given by Sir Samuel Fludyer
at the Mansion House on Lord Mayor's Day 1761, which the King
and Queen honoured with their presence, was made new for the
occasion by Mr. Gilpin, with whom the City exchanged a quantity of
old plate for the new." {Old English Plate, by W. I. Cripps.)
1708-1773. — Augustin Courtauld, goldsmith and plateworker,
living in Church Street, St. Martin's Lane, City, entered his name
at the Hall in December 1708. In 1729 he removed to " Shandois
(Chandos) Street." In 1746 Samuel Courtauld was still at the same
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house, removing to Cornhill in 1751. Louisa Courtaulcl, his widow,
succeeded to the business in Cornhill, in partnership with George
Cowles, in 1773.
1718-1731. — William Darkeratt, goldsmith and plate- worker, at
the "Acorn" in Foster Lane, entered his name in January 1718.
He was succeeded by his son William in 1724, wrho removed to the
" Rose," St. Martin's Lane, in the Strand ; still there in 1731.
1739-1747. — Marmaduke Daintrey, goldsmith and plate-worker,
of Noble Street, entered his name in 1739. In 1747 he removed to
the " Crown,'' in Old Street. The name of Marmaduke Daintrey
occurs in the Parliamentary list of 1773, probably his son, a spoon-
maker, living at Hartley Row, Hants.
1735. — William Garrard, plate- worker, of Staining Lane, entered
his name at the Hall in April 1735. Removed to Noble Street in
1739. In 1773 his name occurs in the Parliamentary list. He
appears also to have had another house in Short's Buildings, Clerken-
well, which in 1755 was removed to Noble Street.
1722. — Humphrey Hetherington, goldsmith, left a sum of £100
for the poor of the Goldsmiths' Company.
1734. — Henry Jerningham, goldsmith, about this time.
The project of building a new bridge at Westminster was set on
foot in the year 1734. The finances were to be obtained by means
of a lottery, for which an Act of Parliament was passed authorising
the raising of a fund, from which amount, after paying the prizes,
it was estimated there would be a residue of £'100,000 for the new-
work. In connection with this lottery a curious incident may be
mentioned. On the 2nd March 1735, whilst the bill was in progress,
Henry Jerningham, goldsmith, petitioned the House, stating that he
had made a silver cistern that had been acknowledged, by all persons
of skill who had seen the same, to excel whatever of the kind had
been attempted in this kingdom ; that, after an expense of several
thousand pounds on the workmanship alone, exclusive of the weight
in silver, and after great hazards in the furnace, and four years of
application to the raising and adorning the model, the cistern now
remained on his hands.
The House not only thought the proposition reasonable, but
actually voted an instruction to the Committee on the bill to make
provision in it for the petitioner, by directing the disposal of the
cistern by lottery.
Henry Jerningham, goldsmith, died in 1761, and was buried in the
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churchyard of St. Paul's, Co vent Garden. His epitaph, by Aaron
Hill, is as follows : —
" All that accomplish'd body lends mankind,
From earth receiving, he to earth resign'd ;
All that e'er graced a soul from Heaven he drew,
And took back with him as an angel's due."
These massive cisterns were in fashion in noble families towards
the end of the 17th, and beginning of the 18th, century. One in the
Duke of Rutland's possession weighs 2,000 ounces. Another, 6 feet
high, together with its fountain, belonging to the Earl of Chesterfield,
weighs 3,546 ounces. Most of these cisterns were melted down sub-
sequently to be re-made into dinner services or more useful pieces of
plate, and less cumbrous per se.
1756. — The name of Backwell rose again, in partnership with
Darel, Hart, and Croft, who, with great reputation, opened their shop
in Fall Mall. (Hughson.)
1718-73.— John Hugh Le Sage, plate-worker of St. Martin's Lane,
Long Acre, first entered his name in October 1718. In 1722 he had
removed to Great Suffolk Street, Charing Cross ; in 1739 he was still
at the same house. He was succeeded by Simon Le Sage in the
same year, who re-entered his name in 1754. Augustus Le Sage of
Great Suffolk Street is mentioned in the Parliamentary list of 1773.
This old-established business produced some fine pieces, many of
which are still extant.
1721-39. — John Tuite, goldsmith and plate-worker, entered his
name at the Hall in September 1721, living in Ireland's Yard, Black-
friars ; he afterwards removed to Litchfield Street, Soho. His next
entry is in 1739. His mark was a large helmet-shaped ewer between
his initials. He died in 1740, and the business was continued by his
widow in York Buildings, George Street, using a similar mark but
altering the initials.
1740. — G. M. Moser, goldsmith and artist, born at Schaffhausen
in 1707 ; died in London 1783. He was a celebrated chaser on gold,
especially on the watch-cases with emblematical figures in relief —
much in vogue about the middle of the century — jewellery, &c. He
wrote some works on the goldsmith's art and on painting. He was
the founder of the Academy of Painters in 1768, of which Sir Joshua
Reynolds was the first president. His daughter Mary, born 1744,
was also an artist.
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1742. — Nicholas Sprimont, of Compton Street, Soho, entered his
name at Goldsmiths' Hall as plate-worker in January 1742. He
carried the modelling of shells, coral, insects, shell-fish, and rock-work
to great perfection in silver. A specimen of his plate, viz. a pair of
oval dishes 11 inches in diameter by 9 inches, beautifully modelled
in this manner, is preserved in the Royal Collection at Windsor
made in 1743. The same character of work was modelled by his
contemporary Paul Crespin, of Compton St. Sprimont is also cele-
brated as being the founder of the Chelsea porcelain factory in 1750,
under the patronage of the Duke of Cumberland and Sir Edward
Fawkener, of which, in 1755, he became sole proprietor. The same
taste was carried out by him in porcelain in the well-known centre-
pieces of Chelsea china of the early period of its existence. He was
the writer of the memorial found in the Lansdown MSS. without
name or date, neither of which have until now been discovered. He
styles himself " undertaker of the Chelsea manufacture of porcelain,
a silversmith by profession, in which one hundred persons are em-
ployed, and a nursery of thirty lads from the parishes and charity
schools who are bred to designing and painting" (Chaffers' " Marks
and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain," p. 915).
1734. — Richard Gurney entered his name as plate-worker at
Goldsmiths' Hall on the 23rd December 1734, in partnership with
Thomas Cook at the " Golden Cup " in Foster Lane. The next entry
is Richard Gurney & Co. with new marks, 28th June 1739, and again
at the same house in 1748 and 1750 ; but their names are not in
the list of plate-workers in the Parliamentary return of 1773, wherein,
it must be observed, many goldsmiths who kept shops are not
noticed.
His ancestor Sir Richard Gurney, Knight and Baronet, cloth-
worker, was Mayor in 1642. He was discharged by the Parliament
and succeeded by Sir Isaac Pennington, fishmonger, who was, with
other aldermen, committed to the Tower and convicted of high treason
for the murder of King Charles L, and died in the Tower.
1720. — John Law, goldsmith, of Edinburgh, born 1681. Various
schemes were projected about this time for paying off the National
Debt. The South Sea Company's proposals were accepted, and the
Royal assent was given to an Act enabling the company to raise
money for the purpose. Bubbles, of every description were floated in
the air. The Prince of Wales is said to have cleared ^40,000 by his
speculations. Law, among others, projected the establishment of a
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bank with paper issues for the purpose of remedying the deficiency of
a circulating medium, to the amount of the value of all the lands in
the Kingdom ; hut this scheme was rejected in England. In 1716,
having gained the patronage of the Duke of Orleans, he opened a
bank by royal authority at Paris. To this was joined the Mississippi
Scheme for paying off the National Debt and enriching the sub-
scribers, and people flocked with the object of converting their gold
and silver into paper. The bubble, however, burst about June 1720,
when its amount was £100,000,000 sterling, and Law was exiled to
Pontoise. He died in 1729.
1720. — Paul Crespin, or Crispine (as spelt in one entry), gold-
smith, lived at the " Golden Ball/' Compton Street, Soho. We first
find his name entered, both for the Old and New Standard, in 1720,
and again at the same house in 1739 and in 1757. We have met
with numerous examples, which prove their merit, having been
treasured up for more than 150 years. A beautiful inkstand, shell-
shaped with shells, coral, &c, modelled in high relief, is in the Duke
of Devonshire's collection ; an epergne and portions of a dinner
service, in that of Lord Hotham, show the character of his work,
both ornamental and useful.
1758. — Thomas Harache, one of the successors of Pierre Harache,
obtained the distinction of Koyal Goldsmith, dwelling in Pall Mall.
His name is not found in the Goldsmiths' books : the second volume
of makers' marks, which is said to contain the names from 1739 to
1769, actually finishes in 1757, and no subsequent entries occur at
the Hall until 1773, leaving a hiatus of sixteen years. In that year
a Committee of the House of Commons was instituted to inquire into
the various Acts of Parliament which regulated the goldsmiths' trade.
The Committee required the names and places of abode of all the
goldsmiths and plate- workers then living who had entered their names
and marks in the Assay Office. This list was published, and will be
found herein; but, unfortunately, the original volume was never
returned to Goldsmiths' Hall, or has been mislaid. Perchance it may
be some day discovered among the documents stowed away in the
Eecord Office; and restored to its right owner. This list reveals the
name of " Thomas Harache, goldsmith, Pall Mall." The first time
we have met with his mark on plate is in 1758, in which year it was
doubtless entered at the Hall in the volume now missing. He arrived
at the same distinction for the production of artistic plate as his pre-
decessors. Some of the more important of his works will be found
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in the Appendix, ranging from 1758 to 1772. His mark was T H
crowned.
1747. — Sir William Benn. goldsmith, Mayor 174-7. A painting
with his portrait and other members of the Goldsmiths' Company,
hangs in the ball- room at the Hall. This picture by Hudson repre-
sents six members of a jovial society called " Benn's Club." He
was a staunch old Jacobite, and induced the party to go to his
house in the Isle of Wight, and drink success to Prince Charlie. His
portrait also hangs in Bridewell Hospital, of which he was President
in 1746.
1750. — John Blackford, goldsmith, Mayor in 1750. His portrait
is in the same group of members of Benn"s Club previously men-
tioned. In 1755, in a trial of the Pyx, "a jury of Freemen of the
Goldsmiths' Company, of which Alderman Blachford was foreman,
met at Goldsmiths' Hall to make an assay, or trial of the pix or
standard of the coin of the realm, coined between 1750 and that
year, and went to the Lord Chancellor at Whitehall, to make their
report," &c.
The other members of " Benn's Club " whose portraits are in the
same group, are—
Sir Henry Marshall, Mayor, 1745.
Sir Robert Alsop, Mayor 1752.
Sir Edward Ironside, Mayor 1753.
Sir Thomas Raivlinson, Mayor 1754.
1755. — Sir Richard Glyn, Baronet and banker, Lord Mayor, was
President of Bridewell Hospital in 1755 ; his portrait hangs in that
Hall.
1798. — Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Baronet and Alderman, was also
President of Bridewell Hospital in 1798, where his portrait hangs.
1787. — Arthur Worboyes, goldsmith and jeweller in Fleet Street
near Bride Lane. On the 21st July 1787, a dreadful fire broke out
at his house, in which he was unhappily burnt to death. His name
occurs in the list of 1778, residing in Wine Office Court, Fleet
Street.
In an inquiry made by the Committee of the House of Commons,
in 1773, as to " the names and trades of the Wardens and Assayers of
the Goldsmiths' Company, London, and when, at what times, and by
whom they were respectively elected," the answer put in was as
follows.
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8th March 1773—
Peter Floyer, Esq., refiner, Love Lane, Prime Warden.
Mr. Matthew Perchard, goldsmith,
Fendall Eushforth, plate-worker,
Successors to Alderman Kichardson.
The Wardens were elected at a Court of Assistants holden at
Goldsmiths' Hall, 13th day of May 1772, hy the following Wardens
and Assistants of the Company then and there present, to wit —
Mr. Thomas Whipham,
John Wickenden, Esq.,
r Warder
Samuel Smith, Esq.,
Mr. Thomas Parr,
Thomas Hallifax, Esq., Alderman.
John Bird, Esq., Alderman.
Francis Flower, Esq.
Mr. Sandilands Drinkwater.
Mr. Samuel Wood.
Mr. John Payne.
Peter Floyer, Esq.
Mr. Edward Cooke.
Mr. Matthew Perchard.
Mr. Henry Boldero.
Mr. Arthur Sadler.
Mr. Thomas Thorne.
Mr. Joseph Kose.
Mr. Wade Holton.
Mr. John White.
Mr. George Cooper.
Mr. Kohert Thorne.
1740. — John Barker, goldsmith, at the " Morocco Ambassador's
Head " in Lombard Street. His name is revealed to us by a shop
bill, engraved by Hogarth, having a Turk's head at the top.
1740. — Benjamin Gurden, goldsmith, of Noble Street, first entered
his name at the Hall as plate-worker in 1740. His name also
occurs in the list of 1773 at the same house. He died in 1804,
Samuel Smith, Esq., banker,
Mr. Thomas Parr, goldsmith,
Wardens.
Richard Hughes,
Assayers.
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having been in business upwards of sixty years. He bequeathed
£300 to the Goldsmiths for the use of the poor.
1777. — Robert Makepeace, goldsmith, first entered his name as
plate worker in partnership with Richard Carter in 1777. Tn 1794
he was in partnership with Thomas Makepeace, in Serle Street,
Lincoln's Inn, and alone at the same house in 179-3. He died 1801.
leaving in money to the Goldsmiths' Company £177 lis. Od.
(consols).
1808. — George Hall, probably a goldsmith, but we cannot trace
his name in the books, bequeathed to the Company a munificent
donation of £'1,000 (consols) for charitable purposes.
1806. — Peter Perchard bequeathed to the Company £250 stock for
the use of the poor.
1813. — Rachel Farmer, of Jewin Street, bequeathed to the Gold-
smiths'Company the liberal donation of £1,000 stock for charitable
purposes.
1712. — Richard Wright, goldsmith, probably earlier. In 1729
Anthony Wright was a goldsmith living in Great Russell Street,
Covent Garden ; and in 1754 Anthony Wright wTas at the " Golden
Cup," "Common (sic) Garden." Afterwards Wright & Co., bankers.
1718. — Madding, goldsmith, in 1718 kept the " Golden Bottle " in
Cheapside, then recently vacated by Messrs. Hoare.
1710. — William Hand, a goldsmith, carried on his trade in Russell
Street, Covent Garden, in 1710.
1780. — Sir Henrtj Raeburn, R.A. Born at Edinburgh in 1756,
he was apprenticed to a goldsmith in that city. He afterwards took
to miniature painting, and succeeded so well that he abandoned his
trade and became a portrait painter, subsequently practising in oil
upon the life size. He died in 1823.
" Garrards." — This old-established firm of goldsmiths and plate-
workers, appears for more than a century and a half to have been
favoured with Royal patronage, and through successive proprietors
has deservedly retained celebrity in the production of choice examples
of the goldsmiths' art. The original founder, George Wickes, of
Threadneedle Street, was George I.'s goldsmith, and his mark bore
the distinctive badge of the plume of feathers, being designated
"Goldsmith to the Prince of Wales," afterwards George II. In 1735
the firm was removed to Panton Street, the comer of the Hay-
market, where it still flourishes. A chronological list of the names
of proprietors, with dates of entry at the Goldsmiths' Hall, will suffice
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in this section. A detailed list of known examples which have come
under our notice will be found in the Appendix.
1721, 3rd February. — George Wickes, Threadneeclle Street.
1735, 30th June.— George Wickes or Weekes, removed to Panton
Street.
1739, 6th July. — George Weekes, Panton Street.
1747, 17th November. — Edward Wakelin, Panton Street.
1759. — John Parker and Edioard Wakelin, Panton Street.
1776, 25th September. — John Wakelin and William Taylor,
Panton Street.
1792, 20th October.— -•/o/m Wakelin and Robert Garrard, Panton
Street.
1802, 11th August. — Robert Garrard, Panton Street.
1818, 18th April. — R. J. and S. Garrard, Panton Street.
1821, 17th July. — Robert Garrard, Panton Street.
1780. — Rundell and Bridge, Royal Goldsmiths, Ludgate Hill.
This celebrated firm appears to have been established about 1780.
They were not actual plate-workers themselves, but some of the
partners, whose names did not prominently appear, had shares only
in the manufacturing department, the sale shop in Ludgate Hill
being a distinct branch of the business. Mr. Paul Storr, in giving
evidence at the Sessions in 1811, says: — "I am a partner in the firm
of the manufactory in Dean Street. The partners are Paul Storr,
Philip Rundell, Jno. Bridge, Edmund Waller Rundell, and William
Theed."
John Bridge, from about 1780 to 1790 stamped his name on their
plate as actual maker. From 1792 to about 1820 Paul Storr was
their chief plate-worker with a share in that department ; during his
time the most important pieces of plate were made : a list of some of
these will be given in the Appendix. They engaged the services of
several distinguished artists. Among other pieces of plate at Windsor,
are : — a salver, chased with the Banquet of the Gods ; a vase with
classical design by Flaxman ; and a salver with the Triumph of Ariadne
by Stothard, made to the order of George, Prince of Wales. The
goldsmith's business in Ludgate Hill was discontinued about 1840.
Storr and, Mortimer, succeeded by Hunt and Roskell. These well-
known goldsmiths and jewellers of Bond Street have received the share
of Royal and aristocratic patronage they so well deserved, and still
retain the distinction of being one of the leading firms in the Metropolis.
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Their origin may be said to have commenced with the celebrated
plate-worker, Paul Storr, partner in the manufacturing department of
Messrs. Rundell and Bridge from 1792 down to 1820. He first entered
his name at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1792, then living in Church Street,
Soho. In 1796 he removed to Air Street, Piccadilly, and in 1807
to Dean Street, Soho. In Kent's Directory for 1819 he was still
located there, styled " Storr & Co."
In 1821 Mr. Paul Storr went into partnership with Mr. John
Mortimer (who had been established for many years in partnership
with Mr. Gray), the firm being styled " Storr & Mortimer," with which
Mr. John Samuel Hunt, Mr. Storr's nephew, was subsequently
associated.
On the retirement of Mr. Storr, in 1839, the firm was John Mor-
timer and John Samuel Hunt, with his son, John Hunt, as junior
partner — styled " Mortimer & Hunt."
Mr. Mortimer retired in 1842, when John Samuel Hunt, and his
son, John Hunt, entered into partnership with Mr. Robert Roskell, the
firm being styled" Hunt & Roskell," which title is still retained. Mr.
John Samuel Hunt died in 1865, and Mr. John Hunt in 1879. It is
now conducted by the surviving partners, Robert Roskell, his son
Allan Roskell, and the son of John Hunt, viz. John Mortimer Hunt,
Various marks entered at Goldsmiths Hall.
PS Paul Storr, for Rundell & Bridge. 1792 to 1821.
PS Paul Storr and John Mortimer. 1821 to 1839.
IM Crowned. John Mortimer and John Samuel Hunt, and his
ISH son John Hunt. 1839 to 1842.
ISH Crowned. John Samuel Hunt and his son John Hunt. 1842
to 1865. The former retired in 1863.
IH
j>p> Crowned. John Hunt and Robert Roskell. 18G5 to 1882.
RR
AT> Crowned. Robert Roskell, Allan Roskell, and John Mortimer
AK
IMH Hunt«
Messrs. Lambert, Coventry Street. — The founder of this business
was Francis Lambert, son of an army accoutrement maker in the
Strand; born 1778. He was apprenticed to Wesley, a silversmith in
the Strand. Leaving Wesley, he entered the service of Mr. Clark, of
Exeter Change, who dealt in cutlery, bronzes, clocks, watches, jewel-
lery, and silver goods. Thomas Hamlet, thenatural son of Sir Lrancis
Dashwood (ob. 1781) was also an assistant.
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About 1800 Hamlet took a shop on his own account, together with
Lambert, in St. Martin's Court (where Prout, the comb-maker, after-
wards lived). Here they sold jewellery, second-hand plate, fishing-
tackle, &c.
Hamlet subsequently opened a silversmith's and jeweller's shop at
the corner of Sydney Alley, facing Coventry Street, with a promise to
take Lambert in as a partner, which was never fulfilled. Lambert left
on account of ill-health, and went to Lisbon, where he opened a sort
of bazaar, which was not successful ; he then returned to England and
opened a shop for the sale of jewellery, and was also a manufacturer of
silver plate, at No. 11 and 12, Coventry Street, in 1803. William
Rawlings, who had lived with Hamlet, was taken as his manager, with
a share of the profits, and the style of the firm became <( Lambert and
Rawlings." Mr. Lambert manufactured all silver goods, except spoons
and forks ; his foreman, John Wrangham, and his assistant, William
Moulson, entering their names at Goldsmiths' Hall — "^J- After the
death of the former, about 1835, the initials WM were used.
Mr. Lambert died in 1841, and was succeeded by his youngest son,
George, who took up his freedom in 1849, and entered his name at
the Hall, using the monogram GL (the L traversed by a small g).
He manufactures his choicest goods, as a rule, in fine or Britannia
silver, following the most approved forms of English plate of the time
of William III. and Queen Anne, in flagons, tankards, and goblets,
not disdaining, however, to follow occasionally the later style of the
Adams period of decorative art. His collection of old English plate
is very extensive. Rawlings died in 1862.
To revert to Thomas Hamlet, who was patronised by the nobility
and gentry. He had an extensive connection, and carried on the
business successfully for forty years ; but in consequence of his
speculations in pearl fisheries at Bussorah — the building of the Prin-
cess's Theatre, which proved a failure — and other ruinous adventures,
he became bankrupt in 1842, and his stock was sold by auction. He
was at last a pensioner at the Charterhouse, and died there about the
year 1849.
Messrs. Hancock, goldsmiths and jewellers, Bond Street (corner of
Br n ton Street). Established in 1849 by C. F. Hancock, who having
partly retired in 1866, the firm was styled Hancock, Son & Co. Mr.
Hancock retired entirely in 1870, the style being Hancocks & Co., as
at present. The actual partners are Messrs. Martin Hancock, Horatio
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Stewart, and Henry John Dore. The mark adopted by them as a
plate-mark consists of the letters CFH with a crown above. The
manufactory is in Little Bruton Street.
This well-known firm was established for the manufacture and sale
of plate and jewellery of a superior class, and is extensively patronised
by the nobility and gentry, being noted for the taste and quality of its
productions. Artists of celebrity are engaged as modellers of groups
and designs for surtouts de table and the dressoir, presentation pieces,
racing prizes for Epsom and Ascot, &c. Among the modellers may
be noted especially H. H. Armstead, R.A. ; 0. B. Birch, A.R.A. ;
Signor Raffaele Monti ; Eugene Lauri, and Marshall Wood.
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HALL MARKS
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
I. — The Standard Marks.
London and Provinces. For gold of the old standard of 22 carats,
and sterling silver of 11 oz. 2 dwts., a lion passant.
For silver of the new standard of 11 oz. 10 dwts., a figure oj
Britannia and the lions head erased. (8 Will. III. 1697.)
For gold of 18 carats, a crown and the figures 18. (38 Geo. III.
1798.)
For gold of 22 carats, a crown and the figures 22. (7 & 8 Vict.
1844.)
For gold manufactures, reduced standards. (17 & 18 Vict. 1854.)
15 carats : 15 and '625 on separate stamps.
12 „ 12 and *5
9 „ 9 and '375
The numerals on these punches are to express, decimally, the
quantity of pure gold in the article so marked.
Edinburgh. A thistle (standards the same as in England).
Glasgow. A lion rampant (ditto).
Dublin. A harp crowned. (No Britannia standard silver made in
Ireland ; but 20 carat gold legalised.)
II. — The Hall Marks of Cities.
1. London. A leopard's head crowned. After 1823 the leopard's
head has no crown.
2. York. Five lions on a cross. (Discontinued.)
3. Exeter. A castle with three towers.
4. Chester. Now, the mark is a sword between three garbs or
wheat-sheaves, but before 1779 the shield of the city arms was three
demi-lions and a wheat-sheaf on a shield.
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5. Norwich. A castle and lion passant. (Discontinued.)
6. Newcastle. Three castles.
7. Sheffield. A crown.
8. Birmingham. An anchor.
9. Edinburgh. A castle with three turrets.
10. Glasgow. A tree, fish, and hell.
11. Dublin. Hibernia.
III.— Duty Mark.
The head in profile of the reigning sovereign.
1784. 24 Geo. III. This mark indicates the payment of the
duty, and is impressed at all the assay offices on every manufactured
article of standard gold and silver, that is liahle to the duty after
payment to the officers of the Goldsmiths' Company, who are the
appointed receivers.
All the legalised standards of gold are liahle to duty of whatever
quality they may be.
The Crown is omitted on the three lower standards of gold, but the
head of the Sovereign is stamped on every article liable to duty on
payment thereof.
IV.— Date Mark.
A letter of the alphabet. Each assay office has its peculiar alpha-
betical mark, indicating the year in which the plate was assayed and
stamped.
V.— The Maker's Mark.
Formerly this was some emblem, as a rose, a crown, a star, &c,
with or without the goldsmith's initials ; afterwards the initials of his
Christian and surname.
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VARIOUS TYPES OF ALPHABETS
Used as Date Letters by the Goldsmiths' Company
of London.
In cycles of 20 letters, A to V inclusive, omitting J.
Cycle
1
1438 to 1458-
-Lombardic capitals.
2
1458 to 1478-
-Ditto cusped outwards.
3
1478 to 1498-
-Ditto cusped doubly.
4
1498 to 1518-
-Small black letter.
5
1518 to 1538-
-Lombardic capitals.
6
1538 to 1558-
-Roman capitals.
7
1558 to 1578-
-Small black letter.
8
1578 to 1598-
-Roman capitals.
9
1598 to 1618-
-Lombardic cusped outwards.
10
1618 to 1638-
-Small italics.
11
1638 to 1658-
-Court hand.
12
1658 to 1678-
—Black letter capitals.
13
1678 to 1697-
—Small black letter.
14
1697 to 1716-
—Court hand.
15
1716 to 1736-
—Roman capitals.
16
1736 to 1756-
—Small Roman letters.
17
1756 to 1776-
—Black letter capitals.
18
1776 to 1796-
—Small Roman letter.
19
1796 to 1816-
— Roman capitals.
20
1816 to 1836-
—Small Roman.
21
1836 to 1856-
—Black letter capitals.
22
1856 to 1876-
—Small black letter.
23
1876 to 1896-
—Roman capitals.
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LONDON DATE LETTERS.
Mnemonic [/^^ovtx^] Table.
in Doggerel Rhyme.
A.D.
15th cent. Of early dates but few remain,
Lombardic Caps with cusps or plain;
1498 Ninety-eight to fifteen-eighteen
Small black letters then are seen;
1518 In fifteen-eighteen, plate is sealed
With A Lombardic, and no shield ;
1538 Next Roman A. [and now appears
1545 The Lion mark through future years.]
1558 Black letter small in fifty-eight ;
1578 And Roman A ; Then follows great
1598,1618,1638 Lombardic ; Small Italic ; Court;
1658, 1678 Black letter Caps ; Black letter short ;
1697 In sixteen-ninety-seven 'tis said
Court hand, Britannia, Lions head ;
1716, 1736 Then Roman Caps; and Roman small ;
1756 Black Caps till seventy-five will fall ;
1776 Then Ro?nan small; [and here we show
1784 The Duty to King George we owe,
In eighty-four, by Law decreed.]
1796, 1816 Then Roman Caps ; and small succeed ;
1836, 1856 Black letter large, then small to seventy-five ;
1876 In seventy-six old Roman Caps revive ;
And long may Queen Victoria survive.
1883.
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SHEET OF LONDON ASSAY OFFICE LETTERS.
From a drawing contributed by Mr. H. Stewart.
XII.
XIII.
XIV. j
XV.
XVI.
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MAR to MAY I
1697
1716-7
ED
1736-7
1659-0
1
1 679-0
1
i
1697-8
i
1717-8
1737-8
CHAR. II
1680-1
1698-9
1718-9
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N/^ —
1*7 QQ O
1661-2
i
1681-2
1699-0
1719-0
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1 / oJ-v
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1682-3
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1700-1
1720-1
17/1 A .1
1
1663-4
f
1683-4
f
1701-2
1721-2
1 7d1 9
1/4 1-6
1664-5
i
1684-5
• ANNE.
1702-3
1722-3
1665-6
§
JAMES II
1685-6
1703-4
1723-4
1 74*3.4
SI
loon- /
IS
1686-7
i
1704-5
1 724-5
51
1
1 667-8
i
1687-8
i
1705-6
1725-6
1 74^ fi
1668-9
D
WILL.&MY
1688-9
1706-7
g
1726-7
1746-7
1669-0
p
1689-0
1707-8
M
GEO II.
1727-8
1747-8
1670-1
■ 1690-1
1708-9
m
1728-9
1748-9
Si
1 671-2
H
1691-2
1709-0
V
1729-0
1749-0
f
NX
1672-3
P
1692-3
m
1710-1
IP]
1730-1
1750-1
1673-4
1
1693-4
1711-2
1731-2
B
1751-2
®
1674-5
1694-5
i
1712-3
1 732-3
1752-3
1675-6
i
WILL. Ill
1695-6
1713-4
1733-4
1753-4
1676.7
30 MAY
1696
9
GEORGE 1
17-14-5
1734-5
1754-5
i
1677-8
TO MAR 1H97
NO LETTER.
1715-6
1735-6
1755-6
1 . X'eopard'sTiead cr.
2 Lion passant.
' 3 Date Mark.
m W
4. Maker's Mark
Note.— This sheet of date-letters we have introduced as a verification of our Tahles in " Hall
Marks on Plate," by W. Chaffers, published by Messrs. Bickers and Son, Leicester Square, to which
we refer our readers for more full and exhaustive information from the 15th century to the present
time.
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IMPRESSIONS OF THE MARKS IN USE AT THE ASSAY
OFFICE, GOLDSMITHS' HALL, LONDON,
From 29th May 1878 to 29th May 1879.
(Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, Slst July 1878.)
(Evidence of Walter Prideaux, Esq.)
Owing to the great variety of objects sent to be assayed, nearly
three hundred punches are required. For ordinary use, four sizes
are sufficient ; but there are diminutive stamps for the bows and rims
of watch cases, and other detached pieces, as well as small plain gold
rings, &c.
Some of these punches are set in a frame, for the convenience of
stamping by one blow ; others are engraved, or cut in one stamp,
as for the lower standard gold, the 18-carat stamp, &c.
The Inland Revenue supply the dies or punches to several of the
Assay Halls upon a requisition to that effect, and they are pre-
pared by their own engraver. They have supplied to the London
Hall during the last three years over 100 in each year. The Birming-
ham Assay Office obtained from the Inland Revenue Office, in 1875,
as many as 102 punches, and they would serve probably for several
years, but having them from that source is not compulsory. The only
stamp which is by law issued by the Inland Revenue is the duty mark
of the Sovereign's head ; if made elsewhere it would be a forgery.
It will be observed in the following impressions that many of the
stamps have more than one mark, the sets of two or four being grouped
together, so as to be affixed to the plate at one blow. The largest
marks for silver are stamped separately. The sizes of the marks vary
from a quarter of an inch down to a sixteenth.
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MARKS FOR THE OLD STANDARD GOLD.
From 29th May 1878 to 29th May 1879.
Twenty- two
Twenty- two and Letter ...
Crown and Twenty-two.,.
Letter, Crown, 22, and Leopard
Duty, Letter, Crown, 22, and Leopard
For Marking Gold of the 15, 12, 9 Carat Standards.
©EES ©sa
15*625
15*625, Leopard ...
15*625, Leopard, Letter
15*625, Letter, Leopard
12*5
12*5, Leopard
12*5, Leopard, Letter
12*5, Letter, Leopard
9*375
9*375, Leopard ...
9*375, Leopard, Letter
9*375, Letter, Leopard
Leopard
Letter
Letter and Leopard
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ol®
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of®
•3WO
O O o
... ® ® ®
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For Marking Gold of the 18-Carat Standard.
From 29th May 1878 to 29th May 1879.
Duty O o
Leopard ... ... ... ... .. q g
(9 9®
Q Q o
SB €3 qd •
0® 0® os »•
9GD 3(0 sis
00® no
Letter
Crown
Eighteen
Leopard, Letter
Letter and 18
Crown and 18
Duty, Leopard, Letter
Leopard, Letter, Crown, 18
Crown, 18, Leopard, Letter
Duty, Crown, 18, Leopard, Letter
Eighteen
Crown and Eighteen . . .
Crown, 18, Letter
Letter, Crown, 18, Leopard
Crown, 18, Leopard, Letter
Duty, Crown, 18, Leopard, Letter
Q © 0 S
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For Marking Silver Plate of the Old Standard.
From 29th May 1878 to 29th May 1879.
Duty
Lion ...
Leopard
Letter
Duty and Lion
Lion and Leopard
Lion and Letter
Letter and Duty
Duty, Lion, and Letter
Lion, Leopard, Letter
Duty, Lion, Leopard, Letter
Duty, Letter, Lion, Leopard
Lion, Leopard, Letter, Duty
Lion ...
Lion and Letter
Lion, Leopard, Letter
Duty, Letter, Lion, Leopard
Duty, Letter, Leopard, Lion
Lion, Leopard, Letter, Duty
0 O o o
O 0
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MARKS FOR NEW STERLING SILVER PLATE.
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PLATE
Fkom the 15th to the 19th Century,
On which the Plate-workers' marks occur, with the Names and Dates
of Entry at the Hall, from 1697 to 1800.
The following list includes most of the important articles of plate
which bear elate marks, noted for their historic interest or excellence
of workmanship, and others which have been considered worthy of
preservation from the loth to the 19th centuries. The makers' marks
will be found useful in ascertaining approximate dates, in cases where
the hall-marks are obliterated, and for general reference. No records
exist at Goldsmiths' Hall of the names of the makers, until the date
of the introduction of the New or Britannia Standard in April 1697.
From and after this time, the names, addresses, and dates of entry at
the Hall, together with an impression of the actual stamps adopted by
them, are carefully recorded.
By the kind permission of the Master and Wardens of the Company,
who granted us free access to these interesting documents, we have
considered them of sufficient importance to reproduce them literatim
et seriatim. Being arranged alphabetically, a reference from this
chronological list by the first letters of the maker's name, will show the
exact form of stamp used respectively by them.
The makers' marks previous to 1697 are copied from the original
stamps as they appear on plate, the others being fully described.
Those between February 1675 and April 1697 were struck on a
copper plate, still preserved at the Hall ; but no other record exists.
A copy of this plate is here given, the marks being placed in alpha-
betical order for easy reference.
In making this list as complete as possible, although compiled by
us from actual inspection in most cases, we have been necessarily
indebted to many gentlemen for assistance, especially to Mr. Horatio
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Stewart, of the firm of Messrs. Hancock, of Bruton Street, Bond
Street, the celebrated goldsmiths, who has (since we first directed
attention to the subject) caused accurate copies to be made of the
hall-marks and those of the makers on all the important pieces of
plate which have passed tbrough their hands, including the date letters
and the escutcheons enclosing them.
It will be observed that only one example is quoted as being
stamped in London in the year 1642, and none at all in 1643-4-5.
The outbreak of the Civil War in the reign of Charles I. put a stop
to the manufacture of plate during that period. The forced loans
resorted to by the King to carry on his wars, either in money or the
value thereof in plate — " toucht plate at five shillings and untoucht
plate at four shillings and four pence the ounce " — as well as the
general destruction of silver plate, not only by cutting into shape and
weight for obsidionary or siege pieces for the King's use, but the
enormous quantities which were sacrificed or confiscated, and melted
down, to meet the requirements of both king and Parliament, without
remorse, and turned into hard cash : all these causes acted neces-
sarily as a preventive. We read that, in 1642, "the Queen sailed
from Dover, taking with her the crown jewels to buy munitions of
war." The regalia also was not respected, and disappeared about the
same time. Had any escaped the King's grasp, it was not likely that
the Parliament would respect such baubles. At any rate, no part of
the regalia was preserved, and all had to be re-made for the coronation
of Charles II., a fact which we shall notice further on. It was not
until the close of the Civil War, in 1646, that the goldsmitbs' trade
partially revived, and it did not get thoroughly into working order
until the Bestoration, the law being even then in a troubled state ;
and it is evident, from the large quantity of English plate of that
period still in existence which bears no mark whatever, that the
regulation of hall-marking was evaded to a considerable extent.
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LIST OF PLATE - WOEKEKS MARKS,
And whence derived by the Author.
1445. — Spoon left by Henry VI., together with his boots
Q^) and gloves, at Bolton Hall, after the battle of
Hexham. Captain Pudsey Dawson.
(^p 1493. — Apostle spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
rgq 1493. — Various spoons, 1493 to 1545. Staniforth and
v**? Ashford collections.
^ 1499. — Sir T. Legh's cup and cover. Mercers' Company.
1506. — Bishop Fox's spoons. Corpus Christi College,
Oxon.
1507. — Cup and cover given by Margaret, Countess of
Richmond. Christ's College, Cambridge.
1507. — Bishop Fox's chalice. Corpus Christi College,
Oxon.
1515 (a heart). — Apostle spoon (Archbishop Parker),
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,
(gj 1517. — Piece of Plate. (See also 1561, and is frequently
met with.) Anon.
(jpj) 1519. — Eleven Apostle spoons. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1519 (grapes). — Spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
\ 1523. — Gothic paten. Dr. Ashford.
(§S 1528— Spoon with fluted knob. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1528. — Spoon with St. Nicholas. J. D. Gardner, Esq.
Ditto 1529. — Mount of a mazer bowl. All Souls College, Oxon.
JjQ 1530. — Apostle spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1549. — Chalice and paten, with Royal arms of Edward
VI. enamelled. St. Antholin's, City.
1549.— Seal-top spoon. R. T. Frere, Esq.
1549. — Mount of a jug. Rev. T. Staniforth.
110
1553. — Cup and cover (Bisby). Armourers' Company.
1554. — Cylindrical salt and cover. Corpus Christi College,
Oxon.
1558. — Alms dish. Exhibited at South Kensington
Museum.
1558. — Trefoil leaves. Mount of china jug. Farrer
Collection.
1559. — Mount of a stoneware jug. R. T. Frere, Esq.
1558. — Chalice (Burchell). Messrs. Hancock.
1560. — Communion cup. Messrs. Hancock.
1560. — A rose. Two seal-top spoons. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1561. — Chalice. Mrs. BischofFsheim.
1562. — Delft tankard, silver-mounted. Vintners' Com-
pany.
1562.— Cup and cover. Messrs. Sotheby's sale.
1562.— Cup. Exhibited in Dublin.
1562. — Cup and cover. Armourers' Company.
1563. — Chalice. Messrs. Christie's.
1564. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1565. — The " Cockayne " cups. Skinners' Company.
1565. — Twelve spoons, with angular knobs. Mercers'
Company.
1567. — Jug and cover (Tyndale). Armourers' Company.
Ill
1566. — Great plateau (Covell). Skinners' Company.
1566. — -Paten. Messrs. Hancock.
1567. — Twelve engraved plates, the Labours of Hercules.
Messrs. Garrard.
1567 (monogram). — Communion cup and cover. Christ's
College, Cambridge.
1568. — Mazer bowl inscribed " John Burde made this
a.d. 1568." St. Giles' Inquest.
1569 (grapes). — Tall cup and cover (Archbishop Parker).
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
1569 (falcon, vide 1567). — -Square salt-cellar and cover.
Vintners' Company.
1568. — Chalice and paten (Burchell). Messrs. Hancock.
1569. — Mount of stoneware jug. E. A. Sanford, Esq.
1569. — Chalice with engraved bands (Burchell). Messrs.
Hancock.
1569. — (Stag's head, vide 1562, and mount of a jug). J.
Toovey, Esq.
1570 (and a knot). — Two-handled cup. Chequers Court,
Tring.
1570 (conjoined, vide 1553). — Chalice. W. Boore, Esq.
1570. — Two-handled cup. Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge.
1571 (interlaced, vide 1562). Mount of stoneware jug.
J. P. Dexter, Esq.
1571 (a dove, vide 1567). — Small tankard (Archbishop
Parker). Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
1572. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1572.— Mount of earthenware jug. C. Magniac, Esq.
1572— Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
112
1572 (eagle displayed, vide 1602). — Spoon with seal top.
Armourers' Company.
1573 (a crab). — Tankard with strap work, &c. C. A.
North, Esq.
1573. -— Mount of a horn beaker. St. Giles' Inquest.
1574. — Gilt tankard. Ashmolean Museum.
1574. — Tankard (Legh). Messrs. Hancock.
1573. — Spoon with seal top. Armourers' Company.
1575. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1577. — Spoon with seal top. Armourers' Company.
1578. — Chalice, engraved belt. Messrs. Hancock.
E S 1578.— Gilt tankard. Baron L. de Rothschild.
P M 1578. — Large tankard. Earl of Breadalbane.
1578 (spread eagle, vide 1602). — Salt-cellar. Sir R.
Wallace.
^ 1578. — Mount of mazer. Armourers'* Company.
H C 1579 (hammer and vice). — Gilt tazza. The Duke of
Cambridge.
1579 (three trefoil leaves). — Gilt ewer and salver, set with
agates. Duke of Rutland.
RA 1580 (crescent below). — Apostle spoon. Dr. Ashford.
S B 1580 (star top and bottom). — Standing cup. Armourers'
Company.
R M 1581. — Gilt salt-cellar and cover. Baron L. de Rothschild.
q 1581. — Mount of a stoneware jug. T. M. Whitehead,
3 Esq.
6 1584 (stamped). — Spoon with seal top. Earl of Breadal-
bane.
113
jvjfl 1586.— Various spoons, 1586 to 1610.
H 0 1588 (a cross between). — Paten. Dr. Ashford.
B P 1588 (monogram). — Mount of a jug. Mr. Ley.
(J) 1588. — Salt-cellar surmounted by a statuette. Armourers'
Company.
1589. — Gilt cup on a stem. Rev. T. Staniforth.
(Q£ 1589. — Apostle spoon. R. T. Frere, Esq.
jjfelj 1590. — Salver. Merchant Taylors' Company.
|N£j 1591. — Beaker (Hodson). St. Giles' Inquest.
R|W|^ 1592 (on a shield). — Mount of an ostrich egg cup. Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge.
j^gjj 1593. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
C B 1594 (mullet and annulet). — Mount of a stoneware jug.
H. Owen, Esq.
I B 1595 (rose below). — Ewer and salver (Kitchen). Bristol
Corporation.
^S) 1595.— Wine cup. Armourers' Company.
1596 (forepart of animal). Gilt tankard. Dr. Ashford.
I H 1596. — Mount of a Persian jug. T. G. Sambrooke, Esq.
j|g] 1596. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
I N 1597 (rose below). — Ewer and salver (Howard). Norwich
Corporation.
t^l 1597. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
T F 1598 (pellet below). — Cup and cover (Dixon). Armourers'
Company.
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R 0 1599 (three pellets below). — Standing cup (Gwalter).
Innholders' Company.
q~ 1599. — Wine cup on stem. Armourers' Company.
H 1599.— Cup. Dr. Ashford.
jgjjj 1599. — Spice box. Dr. Ashford.
j^^j 1600. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
[iF»] 1600. — Three goblets on stems. St, Giles' Inquest, Crip-
plegate.
1602. — Cup (Champernowne). Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge.
1602 (spread eagle). — Beaker given in 1604. St. Giles'
Inquest.
Q£) 1602. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock,
tf^ 1603— Cup. Messrs. Hancock,
jjgjjl 1604.— Various spoons, 1604 to 1689.
R W 1606 (pellet below).— Rosewater dish. Clothworkers'
Company.
*Q 1606. — Wine cup (Helme). Armourers' Company.
1606. — Salt-cellar in form of a temple. R. N. Grenville,
Esq.
r<r~N 1607. — Pair of flagons (Stewart). Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.
^ 1607. — Apostle spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
I^yg 1608. — Cup and cover (Leycroft.) Armourers' Company.
115
1608. — Cup and cover (Maxfield). Armourers' Company.
1609. — Spoons, various.
1609— Cup. Messrs. Christie.
1609. — Ewer. Dasent Collection.
1607. — Seal- top spoons. Armourers' Company.
1608. — Seal-top spoon. Armourers' Company.
1610. — Spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1611. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1611. — Cup (Reeves). Carpenters' Company.
1611. — Cup. Exhibited at South Kensington Museum.
1612. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1613. — Apostle spoon. Messrs. Hancock.
1613.— Spice box. Sir T. W. Holburne.
1613. — Seal-top spoon. E. T. Frere, Esq.
1614. — Gilt salt-cellar. Innholders' Company.
1614.— Salver. Rev. J. Moore.
1616. — Cup (Johnson). Corpus Christi College, Cam-
bridge.
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1615.— Spoons, various. Armourers' Company.
1615.— Cup on stem. Armourers' Company.
1617.— Cup on stem. St. Giles Inquest.
1617.— Various spoons.
1617. — Apostle spoon. E. T. Frere, Esq.
1615.— Cup (Neville). Trinity College, Cambridge.
1613. — Small tazza (Burchell). Messrs. Hancock.
1615. — Tripod candlestick. Messrs. Spink.
1618. — Apostle spoon. K. T. Frere, Esq.
1619. — Chalice and paten (Bridges). St. Antholin's
Parish.
1618. — Apostle spoon. Messrs. Hancock.
1619. - — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1620. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1621. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1621. — Seal-top spoon. R. T. Frere, Esq.
1622. — Cup with legend. GL Munday, Esq.
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1622 — Communion cup (Pricuj. St. Antholin's Parish.
1624. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1625. — Standing cup. Messrs. Hancock.
1627. — Apostle spoons. Messrs. Hancock.
1628. — Seal-top spoons, various.
1629. — Salt-cellar. Dasent Collection.
1631. — Chalice and cover (Bromsgrove). St. Antholin's
Parish plate.
1631. — Communion cup. Messrs. Garrard.
1633. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1634. — Spoon. R. T. Frere, Esq.
1634. - — Two cups (White). Haberdashers Company.
1635. — Plateau (Bainbrigge). Christ's College, Cambridge.
1635. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1636. — Apostle spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1637. — Gilt cup, " Fides ex Charitate," &c. Haberdashers'
Company.
1638. — Communion cup (Wastfelde). Earl of Ashburn-
ham. And many other important pieces, else-
where.
1638. — Gilt salt-cellar. Mercers'* Company.
118
HI 1638.— Various spoons, 1623 to 1660.
J^jj 1638. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
fdj 1638— Plateau. Messrs. Hancock,
r D 1638.— Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1639. — Goblet. Messrs. Hancock.
D W 1639. — Gilt cup (Bateman). Skinners' Company
1639. — Bowl. Dasent Collection.
1639.— Spoons. Dr. Ashford.
(Hj) 1639.— Spoons. Rev. T. Staniforth.
n 1640.— Spoons. Rev. T. Staniforth.
\!) 1641. — -Wine cup on stem. Armourers' Company.
R M 1641. — Cup and cover. Viscount Clifden.
jjjj 1642.— Paten. Rev. T. Staniforth.
A lapse of two years, no examples having come under our
notice.
1645. — Communion flagon. St. Antholin's Church.
I R 1646 (between a crown and leopard's head). — Tankard.
Skinners' Company,
□v) 1646. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
(JTC|)) 1649. — Pint tankard. Messrs. Hancock,
ffit] 1649.— Salver. Messrs. Christie.
119
Ijjp 1650. — Tankard (Moore). Armourers' Company.
1652.— Various spoons, 1624 to 1660.
(E$) 1652.— Gilt cup (Fauconberg). The late Paul Butler, Esq.
1652. — Spoons, various.
<J? 1652. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
(JJV^ 1653. — Communion cup (Barber). Earl of Breadalbane.
1654. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
fj^jyi 1655. — The Blacksmith's cup, " By hammer and hand, all
arts do stand." F. Millbancke, Esq., M.P.
I H 1655. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
F C 1656.— College cup. R. Temple Frere, Esq.
1656. — Plain chalice (Burchell). Messrs. Hancock.
E D 1656. — The " Chariett " tankard. Innholders' Company.
H I 1657 (conjoined). — College cups with two handles. Cloth-
workers' Company.
i^lFS 1657. — Porringer (Burchell). Messrs. Hancock.
P B 1658. — The " Osborne" cup. Innholders' Company.
HN 1659.— Mount of a jug. Bev. T. Staniforth.
|[)Rj 1660.= — Plain Communion cup. Messrs. Hancock.
1660. — Ewer and salver, presented by the Earl of Kent in
fog] 1662, the year of the Act of Uniformity. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
T Gr 1660.— Dish and candlesticks. Christ Church College,
Oxon.
120
(jgpj) 1660. — Two-handled cup and cover. Messrs. Hancock.
Itp 1660. — Flat-top tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
Y) 1661.- — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1661.- — Various spoons. Staniforth, Ashforth, and Frere
Collections.
W) 1661.— Pair of gilt patens. Trinity College, Cambridge.
I W 1662.— Tankard. The late Paul Butler, Esq.
T P 1662.- — Cup and cover. Queen's College, Oxon.
W H 1662.— Large salver (Marlborough). Earl Spencer.
(^N) 1663.— Porringer. Messrs. Hancock,
jpjjjj 1663.— Various spoons.
jjjgj 1663. — Communion flagon. Messrs. Hancock.
>tYt?\ 1663. — Paten. Messrs. Hancock.
1664. — Two-handled cup and cover. Lady Scott,
jvf) 1664. — Communion cup. G. Munday, Esq.
|NB) 1664. — Two rat- tail spoons. Wheel wrights' Company.
3§|} 1665.— The " Hanbury " cup. Goldsmiths' Company.
1665.— Tankard. Joseph Mills, Esq.
Hf 1665. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancocke
Gr S 1665 (a crozier between). — Porringer. R. T. Frere, Esq.
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1666.— Spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1666. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1667. — Two-handled cup and cover. Duke of Devonshire.
1667. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1668. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1668. — Small paten. W. Bo ore, Esq.
1669. — The £; Creyghton " cup. Dr. Ashford.
1669. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1669.— Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1669. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1661. — Two-handled cup and cover. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
1671. Cup with cherub's head. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
1671. — -Sugar castor. Messrs. Hancock.
1672. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1672. — Loving cup and cover. Grocers' Company.
1673, — Tankard with flat cover. Armourers' Company.
122
1673— The " Crane" alms-dish. Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.
1673. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1674. — Rat-tail spoon. Messrs. Hancock.
1674. — College cup, two handles. Messrs. Hancock.
1674. — Two-handled cup and cover. Lady Du Cane.
1675. — Cup. Sale at Christie's.
1676. — Large tankard. Lady Du Cane.
1676. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1676. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1676. Rosewater dish. Fishmongers' Company.
1677— Spoons. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1677. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1677. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1677. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1677. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1678. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1678. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
123
US] 1678.— Tankard. Messrs. Garrard.
K) 1679.— Two-handled cup. The late Paul Butler, Esq.
$J 1679. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1679.— (R. Timbrell).— Porringer. R. T. Frere, Esq.
t(p 1679— Tankard. W. Boore, Esq.
Ej 1679. — Tankard. Chester Corporation.
iRH 1680.— Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1680. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
]} 1680. — The Beckford Flagons. Clothworkers' Company.
'S) 1680— Alms-dish. All Souls' College, Oxon.
[RL] 1681. — Large cistern, 2,000 ounces. Duke of Rutland.
1681. — Tankard (Lewis). Fishmongers' Company.
1681— Porringer. R. T. Frere, Esq.
Hp 1681.— Cup. Messrs. Hancock.
PP] 1681. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock,
^jj 1681. — Cup. Messrs. Hancock.
1681. (Scarlett.) — Various spoons.
124
1682. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1682. — Standing cup. Messrs. Hancock.
1682. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1682. — Pint tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1682. — Toilet service. Messrs. Lambert.
1682. — Tankard. Trinity College, Cambridge.
1682. — Tankard (Bateman). Wheelwrights' Company.
1682. — Loving cup (Stockton). Innholders' Company.
1683. — Alms-dish (Frisdick). St. Antholin's Parish.
1683.— Two-handled cup. E. T. Frere, Esq.
1683. — Tazza (Classical subject). Sir W. C. Trevelyan,
Bart.
1683. — Tankard. Clothworkers' Company.
1683. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1683.— Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1683. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1683.— Tankard (Chinese figures). Earl of Breadalbane.
125
1683. — Two-handled cup. Messrs. Christie's sale.
1683. — Various spoons.
1683.— Spoon. Kev. T. Staniforth.
1683. — Spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1684. — Plain cup. R. T. Frere, Esq.
1684— Spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1684.— Covered bowl. Sir T. W. Holburne.
1684.— Tankard. Dr. Ashford.
1684.— Two-handled cup. R. T. Frere, Esq.
1684.— Two-handled cup. R. T. Frere, Esq.
1684.— Tankard. E. Edwards, Esq.
1684.— Spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
1684. — Porringer. Dr. Ashford.
1684. — Two-handled cup. Messrs. Christie.
1684.— Spoon. Dr. Ashford.
1684. — Two-handled cup. Messrs. Hancock.
126
1684. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1684. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1684. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1685. — Octagonal salt-cellar. Mercers' Company.
1685. — Large tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
1685. — Circular salt-cellars. Messrs. Hancock.
1685. — Pair of flagons (Burchell). Messrs. Hancock.
1685. — Bowl repousse. Kev. T. Staniforth.
1685. — MoDteith and tankard. Skinners' Company.
1685.— Salver. E. Stone, Esq.
1685. — Tankard with its tray. Lady Scott.
1686. — Porringer. E. T. Frere, Esq.
1686. — Two-handled cup. Dr. Ashford.
1686. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1687. — The " Gamble " cup. All Souls' College, Oxon.
1687. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
127
688. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
.688. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
.688. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
.688. — Two-handled cup. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
.688. (W. Gamble.) — Pair of sconces. Mr. Bischoffsheim.
.689. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
.689. — Tankard. Dasent Collection.
.689. — Pair candlesticks. J. James, Esq.
.690. — Tankard. Clothworkers' Company.
.690. (R. Timbrell.) — Cup. Messrs. Hancock.
.690. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
.690. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
.690. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
.691. (P. Harache, sen.) — Two-handled cup. R. T. Frere,
Esq.
.691. — Pair of jardinieres. Duke of Westminster.
L691. — Two-handled cup. Messrs. Hancock.
128
Ij^P 1691.— Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
[RGj 1691.— Two-handled cup. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
(R C) 1691.— The " Firebrace bowl." Trinity College, Cambridge.
1691. — Pair of sconces (Bertie). Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
(LlJ 1692. — Six rat-tail spoons. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
[k) 1692. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1692. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
<H||} 1693 — Pair of sconces. General P. W. Phillipps Treby.
|X( 1693. (Nelme.)— Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1693. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
|^J 1694. — Two spoons. Kev. T. Staniforth.
1694. — Cup and cover. John Johnson, Esq.
<Sfa5 1694. — Set of castors. Dasent Collection.
1694.— Cup. Anon.
1694. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1694. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
129
1694. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1694. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock,
1695. — Snuffers and tray. Messrs. Hancock.
jjygj 1695. — Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1695. (W. Scarlett.) — Various spoons. Staniforth and
1§J other Collections.
1695. — Tankard. Anon.
1696. — Various spoons. Staniforth and other Collections.
(\V£) 1696.— Two-handled cup. R. T. Frere, Esq.
np] 1696. — Porringer (Burchell). Messrs. Hancock.
iQl 1695. — Pair of fluted candlesticks. Messrs. Hancock
1696. — Tankard. Messrs. Hancock.
Note. — The makers' names which follow are alphabetically arranged
in the Goldsmiths' books, and are usually entered according to the
dates of entry, so that by a reference to our list of makers'' marks an
exact representation of the actual marks will be found. Bearing in
mind that from 1697 to 1720, for the New Standard, the two first
letters of the Surname were adopted, to which were added a figure of
Britannia and the lion's head erased, seen in profile, and that after
1720 the initial letters of both Christian and Surname were used for
the Old Standard, with the lion, passant and leopard's head, full-
faced. In many instances the makers' marks both for the Old and
New Standards are entered in juxtaposition,
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In 1697 the names of the makers appear for the first time in the
Company's books.
The date of entry at the Hall follows the name of the plate-worker.
£ A 1697-8. Jno. Ladyman, 1697. — Spoons to 1713. Stani-
forth Collection.
B 0 1697-8. Jno. Bodington, 1697 — Cup and cover. Hunt
and Roskell.
E 1697-8. Wm. Denny and Jno. Backe, 1697. — Cup and
B B pair of large pricket candlesticks. Duke of
^ Manchester. Exhibited 1862, South Kensing-
ton Museum.
C 0 1697-8. Robt. Cooper, 1697.— Mug, fluted base. W.
Boore, Esq.
R 0 1697-8. Hugh Roberts, 1697.— Monteitb. Earl of Brea-
dalbane.
C H 1697-8. J. Chartier, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
H A 1697-8. Peter Harache, senr., 1697. — Gilt helmet-shaped
ewer, weight 69 oz. Duke of Devonshire.
W A 1697-8. Josh. Ward, 1697.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
S V 1697-8. Jno. Sutton, 1697. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
BR 1697-8. Jonathan Bradley, 1697. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
B 0 1697-8, Jno. Bodington (mitre above), 1697— " Boyle "
cup and cover. Trinity College, Cambridge.
Sc 1697-8. Willm. Scarlett, 1697 — Rat-tail spoon. Mrs.
Bischoffsheim.
W I 1698-9. David Willaume, 1697.— Pair of gilt ice-pails, with
leaves in relief. Duke of Devonshire.
ANe 1698-9. Anty. Nelme, 1697.— The "Phesaunt" cup.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
W A 1698-9. Benjn. Watts, 1698.— Rat-tail spoon. W. W. E.
Wynne, Esq. Wrexham Exhibition.
R U 1698-9. Jno. Ruslen, 1697.— Monteitb. Fishmongers'
Company. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
Pa 1698-9. Humphy. Payne, 1697.— Tumbler. R, T. Frere,
Esq.
Do 1698-9. Jno. Downes, 1698. — Rat-tail spoon. Hancocks.
BI 1698-9. Josh. Bird, 1697. — Pair candlesticks. Anonymous.
131
S T 1698-9. Josh. Stokes, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R.
Temple Frere, Esq.
Sc 1698-9. Willm. Scarlett, 1697.— A piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
A N 1698-9. Willm. Andrewes, 1697.— Apiece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Gi 1698-9. John Gibbons, 1698.— A piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
SQ 1698-9. Geo. Squire, 1697. — A piece of plate. Hancocks.
Co 1698-9. Laurence Colds, 1697. — A piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
R U 1698-9. John Euslen, 1697.— A piece of plate. Hancocks.
L A 1698-9. Jno. Laughton, 1697. — A piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
£ A 1698-9. Jno. Ladyman, 1698.— A piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Sy 1698-9. Richd. Syngin, 1697. — Pair of octagonal candle-
sticks. Hancocks.
S H 1699-0. Joseph Sheene, 1697.— Porringer (Burchell).
Hancocks.
E 1699-0. W. Denny and J. Backe, 1697.— Pair of tazzas
with punched ornaments. Lake Price, Esq.
A
Sc 1699-0. W. Scarlett, 1697.— Spoons. Staniforth and
Ashford Collections.
M I 1699-0. Wm. Middleton, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R.
Temple Frere, Esq.
B 0 1699-0. Jno. Bodington, 1697.— Two-handled cup and
cover. W. Boore, Esq.
A N 1699-0. Wm. Andrews, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
ANe 1699-0. Anty. Nelme, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
Ti 1699-0. Robt. Timbrell, 1697.— Pair of fine Monteiths,
given in 1700. Mercers' Company. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
2^0 1699-0. Saml. Hood, 1697.— Monteith. Rev. T. Stani-
forth.
Ke 1699-0. Willm. Keatt, 1697.— The " Alston " tankard.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
9 *
132
0 H 1699-0. Jno. Chartier, 1698, fleur-de-lis above.— Piece of
plate. Hancocks.
C 0 1699-0. Stephen Coleman, 1697, spoon above letters. —
Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Sc 1700. Willm. Scarlett, 1697 — Rat-tail spoon. Mrs. Bi-
schoffsheirn.
P Y 1700. Benjn. Pyne, 1697.— The " Bellot ,J tankard.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Fa 1700-1. Jno. Fawdery, 1697. — Small Monteith. Vintners'
Company. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
ANe 1700-1. Anty. Nelme, 1697 — Monteith, given by J. Church
in 1700. — Merchant Taylors' Company.
Exhibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
Reproduced in electro at the same.
1700-1. Jno. Jackson, 1697 — Monteith. Earl of Breadal-
bane.
N I 1700-1. R. Nightingale, 1697 — Pair of gilt chocolate
cups and covers chased with animals. Lord
Crewe. Exhibited South Kensington Museum
1862.
V N 1700-1. V not in Goldsmiths' Books.— Two-handled cup.
R. T. Frere, Esq.
C H 1700-1. Jno. Chadwick, 1697.— Tazza. W. Boore, Esq.
H A 1700-1. Peter Harache, 1698.— Wine fountain and cis-
tern, fluted ; weight together, 720 ozs. Earl
Spencer. Exhibited South Kensington Mu-
seum 1862.
An 1700-1. Wm. Andrews, 1627— A piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
3LU 1700-1. Wm. Lukin, 1699.— Tankard. Hancocks.
De 1700-1. Wm. Denny, 1697— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
P A 1700-1. Mark Paillet, 1698 — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
1700-1. Jno. Jackson, 1697. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
H A 1700-1. Peter Harache, junr., as before. — Gilt helmet-
shaped ewer, engraved with Royal Arms,
of William III. Lord Willoughby de Eresby.
Exhibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
G A 1701. Wm. Gamble, 1697.— Monteith (Duke of Sussex).
Lord Hastings.
133
3Ltt 1701-2. Wm. Lukin, 1699.— Tankard. Hancocks.
M A 1701-2. Willoughby Masham, 1701.— Waiter. Chester
Corporation.
G O 1701-2. Jno. Goode, 1701.— Pair of massive flagons,
647 ozs. Earl Spencer. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
H A 1701-2. Peter Harache, 1698.— Ice cistern, 1,900 ozs.
Earl Spencer. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum, 1862.
H A 1701-2. Peter Harache, 1698. — Pair of ewers and salvers ;
weight, 500 ozs. Earl Spencer. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
D E 1701-2. Willm. Denny, 1697.— Tankard. Dasent Collec-
tion.
3£l 1701-2. Ralph Leeke, 1698.— Cup and tazza. W. Boore,
Esq.
W I 1701-2. David Willaume, 1697. — Great ewer and salver.
Marquis of Abercorn. Exhibited South Ken-
sington Museum 1862.
L E 1701-2. Geo. Lewis, 1699. — Pair of candlesticks. Gar-
rards.
PY 1701-2. Benjn. Pyne, 1697. — Piece of plate. Han-
cocks,
Wa 1701-2. Benj. Watts, 1698.— Spoon. Hancocks.
Ti 1701-2. John Tiffin, 1701.— Mitre above. Hancocks.
W A 1701-2. Josh. Ward, 1697.— Tankard. Earl of Breadal-
bane.
P E 1701-2. Wm. Petley, 1699.— Spoon. Rev. T. Stani-
forth.
Ro 1701-2. Philip Rolles, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
W A 1701-2. Josh. Ward, 1697 — Two-handled cup and cover.
General P. W. Phillipps Treby.
PL 1701-2. Pierre Platel, 1699.— Elegant gold ewer, helmet
shaped, and a salver to match, scroll borders.
Duke of Devonshire.
P E 1701-2. Robert Peake, 1697.— Tankard. Mrs. Bischofls-
heim.
Wa 1701-2. White Walshe, 1698 —Tankard and cover,
Hancocks.
134
D 0 1702-3. John Downes, 1697 —Tankard and cover. Han-
cocks.
B A 1702-3. Wm. Bambridge, 1697.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
0 0 1702-3. Robt. Cooper, 1697.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
G A 1702-3. Willm. Gamble, 1697.— Pair of two-handled cups.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
S M 1702-3. John Smith, 1697 —Three castors, gadroon
borders. Lady Scott.
C H 1702-3. Jas. Chadwick, 1697.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Fa 1702-3. John Fawdery, 1697.— Monteith (ex dono Dun-
combe). Vintners' Company. Exhibited 1862.
Reproduced in electro at South Kensington
Museum.
M E 1702-3. Lewis Mettayer, 1700.— Gilt helmet-shaped ewer,
engraved with Royal Arms and motto " Semper
Eadem." Lord Willoughby de Eresby. Ex-
hibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
F 1702-3. Fawdery, 1697.— Two-handled cup. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
L O 1702-3. Natl. Lock, 1698.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
D O 1702-3. Jno. Downes, 1698.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
L E 1702-3. Geo. Lewis, 1698.— Candlesticks. Garrards.
E A 1702-3. Jno. East, 1697.— Tankard. Anonymous.
Co 1703-4. Rob. Cooper, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
ANe 1703-4. Anty. Nelme, 1700.— Oval tureen, fluted pattern.
Lord Bateman.
Gi 1703-4. Jno. Gibbons, 1700.— Cup. Garrards.
Gr 1703-4. Richd. Greene, 1703. — Pint tankard. Hancocks.
P E 1703-4. Robt. Peake, 1697.— Tankard. Mrs. Bischoffs-
heim.
F A 1703-4. Thos. Farren, 1703.— Tankard. Hancocks.
W A 1703-4. Saml. Wastell, 1701.— Pieces of plate. Hancocks.
M A 1704-5. Willoughby Masham, 1701.— Piece of plate.
Hancocks.
135
Lo 1704-5. Nat. Lock, 1698.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Wi 1704-5. Wimans, 1697. — Porringer (Burchell). Hancocks.
L A 1704-5. John Ladyman, 1698. — Spoon. Rev. T. Stani-
forth.
S I 1704-5. Fras. Singleton, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
Gr 1704-5. Richd. Greene, 1703.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
JLe 1704-5. Saml. Lee, 1701.— Rat-tail spoon. C. A. North,
Esq.
lij(> 1704-5. Jno. Read, 1704. — Sugar-basin. E. Newman,
Esq.
F A 1704-5. Wm. Fawdery, 1700.— Gilt paten. St. John the
Baptist and St. Antholin's, Watling Street.
Hu 1705-6. Rich. Hutchinson, 1699.— Two-handled cup. R.
T. Frere, Esq.
Ad 1705-6. Chas. Adam, 1702. — Sugar-castor. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
An 1705-6. Wm. Andrewes, 1698.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
Pa 1705-6. Humphy. Payne, 1698.— Two-handled cup. H.
Smythe, Esq.
W A 1705-6. Benjn. Watts, 1698.— Cup. C. A. North Collec-
tion.
H A 1705-6. Peter Harache, junr., 1698.— Fine waiter, 176 ozs.
Hancocks.
H A 1705-6. Peter Harache, junr., 1698. — Helmet-shaped
ewer. J. T. Kaye, Vintners' Company. Ex-
hibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
DE 1705-6. Willm. Denny, 1700.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
R O 1705-6. Dog couchant over the letters. Alexr. Roode,
1700. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
SV 1705-6. John Sutton, 1697 — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Ti 1705-6. Robt. Timbrell, 1697.— Chased bowl. W.Benson,
Esq.
A S 1706-7. Thos. Ash, 1697.— Candlesticks. Garrards.
WI 1706-7. David Willaume, 1697. — Set castors. Anonymous.
W E 1706-7. Matthew West, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R, T,
Frere, Esq.
Co 1706-7. John Cory, 1698. — Set of castors. Anonymous,
136
Le 1706-7. John Leach, 1698. — Ewer with the bust of Queen
Anne and the Marlborough arms. Mrs.
Bischoffsheim.
S V 1706-7. John Sutton, 1697.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
L E 1706-7. Timothy Ley, 1698.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
@Liy 1706-7. Jno. Abbott, 1706.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
MA 1706-7. Wm. Matthew, 1700.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Ie 1707-8. Thos. Jenkins, 1697.— Monteith. Vintners' Com-
pany. Exhibited South Kensington Museum
1862.
F A 1707-8. Wm. Fawdery, 1700.— " Cumberland " coffee-pot.
Trinity College, Cambridge. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
1707- 8. Philip Eoker, 1697 — Two-handled cup and cover.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
W I 1707-8. David Willaume, 1697.— Kettle, stand, and
tankard. Hancocks.
S H 1707-8. Alice Sheene, 1700.— Tankard. Mrs. Bischoffs-
heim.
L O 1707-8. Robt. Lovell, 1702.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Gi 1707-8. Jno. GibboDs, 1700.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Sl 1707-8. Danl. Sleamaker, 1704.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
ffta 1708-9. Jno. Rand, 1703.— Gilt two-handled cup and
cover. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
Ti 1708-9. Geo. Titterton, 1697.— Tankard (Burchell).
Hancocks.
1708- 9. Richd. Syngin; 1697.— Two-handled jug. Mrs.
Bischoffsheim.
Jo 1708-9. Lawrence Jones, 1697. — Large gravy spoon.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
Gr 1708-9. Richd. Greene, 1703— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
ILU 1708-9. Wm. Lukin, 1699.— Tazza. W. Boore, Esq.
B E 1708-9. Bn. Bentley, 1698.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
Fl 1708-9. Willm. Fleming, 1700.— Cup. Dasent Col-
lection.
137
W I 1708-9. David Willaume, 1697.— Milk jug. Brett Col-
lection.
Ga 1707-8. Fras. Garthorne, 1697. — Three fine castors chased.
Lake Price, Esq.
R U 1708-9. John Ruslen, 1697.— At the " Golden Cup,"
Swithin's Lane. Lake Price, Esq.
C 0 1708-9. Robt. Cooper, 1697.— Salt-cellars. Hancocks
Bp 1709-0. Thos. Spaokman, 1700. — Six rat-tail spoons
(Burchell). Hancocks.
Ba 1709-0. Richd. Bayley, 1708.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Ad 1709-0. Chas. Adam, 1702.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Gr 1709-0. Richd. Greene, L703.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
C O 1709-0. Robt. Cooper, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
lio 1709-0. Seth Lofthouse, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
Lo 1709-0. Nathl. Lock, 1698.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
S A 1710. Thos. Sadler, 1701.— Rat-tail spoon. C. A. North,
Esq.
Bi 1710. Jos. Bird, 1701— Candlestick. Garrards.
P A 1710. Simon Pantin, 1701.— Sugar-castor. R. T. Frere,
Esq.
P L 1710. Pierre Platel, 1699, in the Pell MelL— Piece of
plate. Hancocks.
Ne 1710. Anty. Nelme, 1700.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
P Y 1710. Benjn. Pyne, 1700. — Bell-shaped Communion cup.
W. Boore, Esq.
PA 1711-2. Simon Pantin, 1701.— The "Verney" cup and
cover. Trinity College, Cambridge.
S L 1711-2. Danl. Sleamaker, 1704— Coffee-pot. Mrs. Bi-
schoffsheim.
M A 1711-2. Jacob Margas, 1706. — On an ewer. Hancocks.
P L 1711-2. Pierre Platel, 1699.— Four candlesticks. Gar-
rards.
S L 1711-2. Gabriel Sleath, 1706— Piece of plate. Hancocks,
P A 1711-2. Mark Paillet, 1698.— Four circular stands. W,
Maskell, Esq.
138
P L 1711-2. Pierre Platel, 1699.— Two-handled cup and cover.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
Ash 1711-2. Thomas Ash, 1697. —Tea-caddie. Messrs. Phillips.
Lo 1712-3. Matthew Lof'thouse, 1705.— Tankard. All Souls'
College, Oxford. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
ffi J3 1712-3. Root. Timbrell, 1697.— Tankard, with its stand.*
Brett Collection.
F A 1712-3. Thos. Fatten, 1707.— Salver with Royal Arms.
Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
Lo 1712-3. Nathl. Lock, 1698.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
S A 1712-3. Thos. Sadler, 1701.— Spoon. Rev. T. Staniforth.
B E 1712-3. Benjn. Bentley, 1698.— Salt-cellar. Garrards.
Gr 1712-3. Richd. Greene, 1703.— Tankard. W. Boore,
Esq.
Pa 1712-3. Humpy. Payne, 1701. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
P E 1712-3. Edmcl. Pearce, 1704.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Fl 1713-4. Willm. Fleming, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
Co 1713-4. L. Colds, 1697.— Set of candlesticks. W. Boore,
Esq.
W I 1713-4. David Willaume, 1697.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
ftO 1713-4. Seth Lofthouse, 1697.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Yo 1713-4. Edward York, 1705.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
N E 1713-4. Anthony Nelme, 1697, no shield— Piece of plate.
Hancocks.
Vi 1714-5. Edwd. Vincent.— Pepper-castor. R. T. Frere,
Esq.
Yo 1714-5. Edwd. York, 1705.— Four baluster candlesticks.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
* Stands, like small tazzas, were used to support the tankards on the table and
prevent stains on the cloth, and to serve the tankards to guests. Their actual use when
separated from the tankards became unknown, but they were found useful for other
purposes ; they are found sometimes without a stem, like a small waiter. It has been
conjectured they were used at the Sacrament, but the fact of their being found accom-
panying the tankard and bearing the identical hall-marks and style of ornamentation
places their original use beyond a doubt, and an ingenious collector may hope to find a
stand to suit his old tankard and make it complete,
139
2,0 1714-5. Seth Lofthouse, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
P 0 1714-5. Thos. Port, 1713 — Tankard. Anonymous.
L 0 1714-5. Natl. Lock, 1697.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Ti 1714-5. Robt. Timbrell, 1697.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
S H 1714-5. Alice Sheene, 1700.— Monteith. Mrs. Bischoffs-
heim.
L A 1714-5. George Lambe, 1713. — Rat-tail gravy spoon
(Burchell). Hancocks.
P E 1715-6. Edmd. Pearce, 1704.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
S A 1715-6. Thos. Sadler, 1701.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
HA 1715-6. Paul Hanet, 1715.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
ME 1715-6. Lewis Mettayer, 1700.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Ba 1715-6. Richd. Bayley, 1698.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
L O 1715-6. Wm. Looker, 1713 (two pellets above).— Cup.
R. T. Frere, Esq.
Lo 1715-6. Natl. Lock, 1698.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
L I 1715-6. Isaac Liger, 1704. — Spoons and forks. Anony-
mous.
PY 1715-6. Benjn. Pyne, 1697.— The "Morpeth" cup and
cover. Trinity College, Cambridge.
W I 1716-7. David Willaume, 1697.— Two-handled cup. R.
T. Frere, Esq.
P A 1716-7. Simon Pantin, 1701.— Tyg with three handles.
Sir Henry Tufton.
B E 1716-7. Josepb Bell, 1716.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
L O 1716-7. Natl. Lock, 1698.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Jj£ 1716-7. Jas. Seabrook, 1714. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
C O 1716-7. Augustin Courtauld, 1708.— Piece of plate.
Hancocks.
FL 1716-7. Wm. Fleming, 1697.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Pa 1716-7. Humphrey Payne, 1701. — Two standing cups,
given bySirJno. Smith. Salters' Company.
Exhibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
M A 1717-8. Jacob Margas, 1706. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
I E 1717-8. Edwd. Jennings, 1709.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
F A 1717-8. Thorns. Farren, 1707 — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
140
L 0 1717-8. Mattw. Lofthouse, 1705.— Two-handled cup.
K. T. Frere, Esq.
T A 1717-8. Anne Tanqueray, 1713— Waiter. Brett Collec-
tion.
L A 1717-8. Paul de Lamerie, 1712. — Gold two-handled cup.
Berkeley Castle.
L A 1717-8. Paul de Lamerie, 1712. — Cup and cover. Duke
of Devonshire. — This piece has the Britannia
stamped twice, close together,
lo 1717-8. Glover Johnson, 1712.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
F A 1717-8. John Farnell, 1714— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
X 1716-7. Jas. Fraillon, 1710.— Pair of octagonal candle-
sticks. Anonymous.
J A 1718-9. Chas. Jackson, 1714. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
M E 1718-9. Lewis Mettayer, 1700.— Tankard. Haucocks.
B E 1718-9. Wm. Bellassyse, 1716.— Tankard. Hancocks.
C L 1718-9. Jonah Clifton, 1703.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
F A 1718-9. Thos. Farren, 1707.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
W I 1718-9. David Willaume, 1697.— Basin and cover. Sir
W. Stirling. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
Ma 1718-9. Thos. Mason, 1716.— Salver. Garrards.
Ba 1718-9. Richd. Bayley, 1708.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
PL 1718-9. F. Plymley, 1715.— Sugar-basin. J. James,
Esq.
Ho 1718-9. Hodgkis, 1718.— Very large flagons. Mercers'
Company.
D A 1719-0. Wm. Darkeratt, 1718.— Tankard. Hancocks.
C L 1719-0. Jos. Clare, 1713.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
Ba 1719-0. Richd. Bayley, 1708.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
Fl 1719-0. Wm. Fleming, 1697.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
P L 1719-0. Pierre Platel, 1619.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
I A 1719-0. Chas. Jackson, 1714. — Gravy spoon. Trinity
College, Cambridge*
141
N E 1719-0. Anty. Nelme, 1697. — A set of four bowl dishes.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
Lo 1719-0. Wm. Looker, 1713.— Two-handled cup. R.
Temple Frere, Esq.
glfc 1719-0. Jno. Abbott, 1706— Two-handled cup. R. Temple
Frere, Esq.
C L 1719-0. Jos. Clare, 1713.— Spoon. Rev. T. Stanifortb.
3§( 1719-0. Robt. Hill, 1716.— Tankard. Lady Du Cane.
Wh 1719-0. Jno. White, 1719.— Bowl dishes. Anonymous.
B A 1720-1. Richd. Bayley, 1708.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
I S 1720-1. Thos. Issod, 1700.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
P E 1720-1. Jno. Pero, 1717. — Pair of cups. Anonymous.
E C 1720-1. Jno. Eckfourd, 1698. — Tankard. Hancocks.
G V 1720-1. Not in Goldsmiths'' Book (the V being omitted or
torn out). — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
G A 1720-1. Willm. Gamble, 1697.— Small plain tankard.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
P H 1720-1. Paul Hanet, 1717. —Two rat-tail spoons (Goliffe).
Hancocks.
Old Standard resumed with Initials of Christian and Surname,,
but both allowed ; the New Standard denoted by N.S.
C O 1721-2. N.S. Augn. Courtauld, 1708. — Salver. Lamberts.
Co 1721-2. N. S. Jno. Cory, 1697.— Pair of candlesticks.
Lamberts,
I C 1721-2. O. S. Jos. Clare, 1720.— Mug. Lamberts.
Gr 1721-2. N. S. Rd. Greene, 1703.— Tankard. H. S.
L'E strange, Esq.
P Y 1721-2. N. S. Benjn. Pyne. 1697.— Ewer. Hancocks.
M O 1721-2. Jas. Morson, 1716. N. S.— Plate. Hancocks.
J G 1721-2. Jas. Goodwin, 1721. O. S— Plate. Hancocks.
A R 1721-2. Peter Archambo, 1720. N. S.— Eight-lobed
salver. (Hon. W. King.) Trinity College,
Cambridge. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
P R 1722-3. Philip Roker, 1720.— Tankard. Anonymous.
W M 1722-3, Willm. Matthews, 1720.— Plate. Hancocks.
142
B N 1722-3. Bowles Nash, 1721.— Salver. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
ARp 1722-3. Hugh Arnett and Pocock, 1720. N. S.— Two-
0 handled cnp. Hancocks.
A 1722-3. Arnett and Pocock, 1720. O. S.— Two-handled
p cup. E. T. Frere, Esq.
T F 1722-3. Thos. Folkingham, 1720. 0. S.— Two-handled
cup. R. T. Frere, Esq.
AB 1723-4. Abm.Buteux, 1721.— Pepper-castor. Brett Col-
lection.
Pa 1723-4. Wm. Paradise, 1718. N. S. — Communion cup.
Christie's Sale Rooms.
A R 1723-4. Peter Archambo.— Saucepan. Anonymous.
Di 1723-4. Arthur Dicken, 1720. N. S— At the Angel,
Strand. Hancocks.
IG 1723-4. Jas. Gould, 1722.— At " Three Golden Lions,"
1, Gutter Lane. Hancocks.
I E 1723-4. John East, 1721. — Large tankard. Armourers'
Company.
S L 1723-4. Samuel Lea, 1721— Rat- tail spoon (Burchell).
Hancocks.
T F 1723-4. Thos. Folkingham, 1720.— Candlestick. Messrs.
Garrard.
T T 1724-5. Thos. Tearle, 1720.— Plain jug, corded neck.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
CI 1724-5. Chas. Jackson, 1720. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
(g( 1724-5. Richd. Gines, 1720.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
I E 1724-5. Jno. Edwards, 1724. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
H P 1725-6. Humphrey Payne, 1720.— Tankard. W. Munday,
Esq.
I B 1725-6. Jno. Bignell, 1720. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
W S 1725-6. Wm. Spackman, 1723.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
M G 1725-6. Meshach Godwin, 1722.— Plateau. Sotheby's
Rooms.
G I 1725-6. Geo. Jones, 1724— Plate. Hancocks.
I G 1726-7. Jas. Gould, 1722.— Taper candlestick. Mrs. Bi-
schoffsheim.
143
I W 1726-7. Jno. White, 1724.— " Lechmere " ale jug. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
W I 1726-7. David Willaurne, 1697. N. S.— " Sandwich "
cup and cover. Trinity College, Cambridge.
A 0 1726-7. Abrm. De Oliveyra, 1724.— Hanging lamp.
Lady S. Des Vceux.
W A 1726-7. Willm. Atkinson, 1725. 0. S. — A piece of plate.
Hancocks.
E G 1726-7. Edwd. Gibbon, 1723.— A piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
TP 1726-7. Monogram, it also occurs on the copper plate
before 1697. — A piece of plate. Hancocks.
E W 1726-7. Edwd. Wood, 1722.— Sugar-basin. Brett Col-
lection.
L A 1726-7. Paul de Lamerie, 1712. N. S.— Salver. Hunt
and Koskell.
W I 1727. David Willaume, 1697. N. S.— Waiter. Chester
Corporation.
P A 1727-8. Peter Archambo, 1722. 0. S — Hancocks.
I C 1727-8. Jonah Clifton, 1720.— Plate. Hancocks.
H A 1727-8. Paul Hanet, 1715. N. S.— Plate. Hancocks.
L A 1727-8. Paul de Lamerie, 1712. N. S.— Plate. Hancocks.
J T 1727-8. John Tuite, 1721.— Plate. Hancocks.
I R 1727-8. Jno. Richardson, 1723. 0. S.— Spoon. Anon.
M L 1728-9. Mattw. Lofthouse, 1721. — Jug with corded neck.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
I L 1728-9. Jno. Liger, 1728.— Gilt toilet-set of sixteen
pieces, engraved with classical subjects. Earl
Stamford and Warrington. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
E P 1728-9. Edwd. Peacock, 1724.— Saucepan. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
I L 1728-9. Jno. Liger, 1728, at the Pearl, Hemmings Row.
Hancocks.
N E 1728-9. Fras. Nelme, 1722. His father's mark.— Plate.
Hancocks.
W D 1728-9. W. Darkeratt, 1720.— Cup. R. T. Frere, Esq.
G S 1728-9. Geo. Squire,, 1720.— Two-handled cup and covers.
Corporation of Doncaster. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862,
144
I N 1729-0. Jno. Newton, 1726.-— Two octagonal tea-caddies.
Hancocks.
I E 1729-0. Jno. Eckford, 1725.— Octagonal salver. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
PA 1729-0. Peter Archambo, 1722.— The " Booth" Coffee-
pot. Trinity College, Cambridge.
H P 1729-0. Humphrey Payne, 1720.— Cup. A. Jarvis, Esq.
A C 1729-0. Augn. Courtauld, 1729.— Two-handled cup.
South Kensington Museum.
E P 1729-0. Edwd. Pocock, 1728.— Tea-pot. Rev. T. Stani-
forth.
S W 1729-0. Starling Wilford, 1729.— Plate. Hancocks.
E C 1729-0. Edwd. Cornock, 1723.— Plate. Hancocks.
CM 1729-0. Chas. Martin, 1729, at ye "Rose and Crown,"
Field Lane. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
PP 1729-0. Phillip Phillis, 1720.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
E V 1729-0. No V in Goldsmiths' Books (a leaf being torn
out). — "Husbands" cup and cover. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
L A 1730-1. Paul Lamerie, 1712. N. S.— Chocolate-pot.
W. A. T. Amherst, Esq.
P A 1730-1. P. Archambo, 1722. O.S.— Set of six sconces,
chased with classical subjects, weight about
100 ozs. each. Earl Stamford and Warrington.
Exhibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
L A 1730-1. P. Lamerie. N. S. — Branches of candlesticks.
Duke of Westminster.
C A 1730-1. Chas. Alchorne, 1729, at the " Three Candle-
sticks," in Foster Lane, — Pair of candlesticks.
Anonymous.
I L 1730-1. John Liger, 1729. — Pair of gilt sugar-boxes.
Earl of Stamford and Warrington. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
J T 1730-1. Jno. Tuite, 1721.— Pair of candlesticks. Han-
cocks.
L A 1730-1. Not in Goldsmiths' Books. N. S.— Plate. Han-
cocks.
G I 1730-1. Geo. Jones, 1724.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
H P 1730-1. Humphrey Payne, 1720.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks,
145
R L 1730-1. Robt. Lucas. — Pepper-castor. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
SP 1730-1. Sarah Parr, 1720. — " Bourchier " coffee-pot.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
G W 1730-1. Geo. Wickes, 1721.— Four gilt maces. Cor-
poration of Exeter. Exhibited South Ken-
sington Museum 1862.
P P 1730-1. Phillip Phillis, 1720.— " Montague " candle-sticks.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Gr 1730-1. Richd. Green, 1703.— Gilt two handled cup and
cover. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
G S 1731-2. Gabriel Sleath, 1720.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
J S 1731-2. Jos. Sanders, 1730.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
T M 1731-2. Thos. Mason, 1720.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
G B 1731-2. Geo. Boothby, 1720.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
J S 1731-2. Jos. Sanders, 1730, " Hon. P. and T. King.0
— Salver. Trinity College, Cambridge.
E W 1731-2. Edwd. Wood, 1722.— Six salt-cellars. Earl
of Breadalbane.
R B 1731-2. Richd. Beale, 1731.— Two-handled cup. Gar-
rards.
M L 1731-2. Mary Lofthouse, 1731— Plate. Hancocks.
C M 1732-3. Chas. Martin, 1720— Coffee-pot. LakePrice,Esq.
S W 1732-3. Saml. Welder, 1720. — Cruet-frame. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
C H 1731-2. Charles Hatfield, 1727.— Large-shaped salver
(Legh). Hancocks.
B G 1732-3. Benj. Godfrey, 1731.— Plate. Hancocks.
E P 1732-3. Edwd. Pocock, 1728.— Tankard. Hancocks.
I W 1732-3. Jno. White, 1724.— Tankard. Hancocks.
LC 1732-3. Louis Cuny, 1721. — Gilt tea-kettle, melon-shaped,
engraved borders with lamp and triangular
stand. Windsor Castle.
A C 1732-3. Angn. Courtauld, 1729. — Gilt milk-pot and cover
on three feet. Earl of Home.
P L 1732-3. Paul de Lamerie, 1732. O. S— Pair of large gilt
tankards. Earl Stamford and Warrington.
W D 1732-3. W. Darkeratt, 1731, at the " Rose," Strand.—
Cup. Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
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146
I G 1733-4. John Gamon, 1728.— Pepper-castor. Cloth-
workers' Company.
P L 1733-4. Paul de Lamerie, 1732. 0. S.— Large spoon.
Dr. Dasent.
P L 1733-4. Paul de Lamerie, 1732. O. S.— Basket, wicker
pattern. J. D. Gardner, Esq.
E P 1733-4. Edwd. Pocock, 1728.— Very fine tea equipage or
centre piece. Burnet Collection.
J S 1733-4. Jos. Sanders, 1730.— Two small salvers. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
P C 1733-4. Paul Crespin, 1720 —Piece of plate. Hancocks.
A C 1733-4. Augn. Courtauld, 1729.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
T E 1733-4. Thos. England, 1728.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
PL 1733-4. Paul de Lamerie, 1732. 0. S. — Tea-kettle.
Brett Collection.
IW 1733-4. Jas.Wilks, 1728.— Gravy-spoon. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
W I 1734-5. Willm. Justis, 1731. — Cup with cover, which also
forms a stand. Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
TR 1734-5. Thos. Rush, 1724.— The gilt "Walpole" mace.
Corporation of Norwich.
I S 1734-5. Jno. Le Sage, 1722.— Spoon. Rev. T. Stani-
forth.
RB 1734-5. Richd. Beale, 1731. — " Bower and Parker'5
tankards. Trinity College, Cambridge.
D W 1735-6. Dennis Wilks, 1737 — Pair of sauce-boats. R. T.
Erere, Esq.
G H 1735-6. Geo. Hindmarsh, 1731.— Salver. Lady Du
Cane.
J S 1733-4. Jos. Sanders, Carey Lane, 1730. — Octagonal
standing salt on stem and foot, and three pro-
jecting scrolls at top of a form well known of
the middle of the 17th century. It has a
Greek inscription. This salt was made by
J. Sanders from the design of an earlier piece
presented to the College in 1655 by Dr. J.
Duport, which was probably melted. There
are several examples made by Sanders for the
College, viz. three salvers, a set of six candle-
147
sticks, &o. from 1730 to 1733. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
RB 1736-7. Robt. Brown, 1736— Tankard. Vintners' Com-
pany. Exbibited at South Kensington Museum,
1862.
I G 1736-7. -las. Gould, 1733, at ye " Three Golden Lions,"
Gutter Lane. Hancocks.
C M 1736-7. Chas. Martin, 1729, at ye " Rose and Crown,"
Field Lane. Hancocks.
L P 1736-7. Lewis Pantin, 1733.— Pair of gilt candle-sticks.
Hancocks.
I W 1736-7. Jno. Wisdom, 1723.— Pair of square waiters.
Earl of Breadalbane.
AV 1736-7. Not in Goldsmiths' Book.— The " Sunbury" cup
and cover. Trinity College, Cambridge.
E W 1736-7. Edwd. Wood, 1735.— Four salts, lion's head and
claw feet. Trinity College, Cambridge.
R A 1736-7. Robt. Abercrombie, 1731. — Triangular waiter.
Lord Hatherley.
C K 1737-8. Mitre above, Chas. Kandler, 1727.— Two-handled
cup and cover. Hancocks.
B S 1737-8. Benjn. Sanders, 1737. — Saucepan. Trinity Col-
lege, Cambrige.
^ 1737-8. Chs. Aldridge and Hy. Green, 1737.— Piece of
Q- plate. Hancocks.
D W 1737-8. David Willaume, 1728.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
C C 1737-8. Christian Claris, 1727.— Sugar-basket. Bohn
Collection.
S W 1737-8. Saml. Wood, 1733.— Cruet-frame. Mrs. BischofTs-
heim.
R A 1738-9. Robt. Abercromby, 1731.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
The marks since the restoration of the Old Standard in 1720
having become confused and uncertain, arising from the use of their
ordinary initials or others, which in many instances did not identify
them, this want of uniformity was remedied by a clause in the Act
of 1739, which came into operation in May, ordering all makers to
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destroy their existing marks of every kind, and adopt the initials of
Christian and Surname of different forms to those previously used.
KG. T 0 1739-0. R. Gurney and T. Cooke, 1739.— The "Foley"
tankard. Trinity College, Cambridge.
WC <& 1739-0. Willm. Gould, 1739.— Chamber candle-stick.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
J S 1739-0. Jas. Shruder, 1739.— Tea-kettle. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
F P 1739-0. Fras. Pages, 1739.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
H M 1739-0. Henry Miller, 1720.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
P C 1739-0. Paul Crespin, 1739 — Inkstand, shell-shaped, with
various shells in relief, beautifully executed,
the handle in form of a piece of coral. Duke
of Devonshire.
P L 1739-0. Paul de Lamerie, 1739. — Two-handled cup and
cover with wreaths and masks. Goldsmiths'
Company. Exhibited 1862, reproduced South
Kensington Museum.
F J 1739-0. (Doubtful mark) not in Goldsmiths' Book. — Pair
of massive spoons, modelled with figures and
animals. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
R B 1740-1. Richd. Bayley, 1739.— Pint mug. Hancocks.
0 <JU 1740-1. Jas. Gould, 1739, candle-stick maker.— Pair of
candle-sticks. Trinity College, Cambridge.
W H 1740-1. Wm. Hunter, 1739.— Cake-basket. All Souls'
College, Oxford. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
W
T w 1740-1. Thos. Whipham and W. Williams, 1740.— Plate.
W Hancocks.
T F 1740-1. Thos. Farren, 1739.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
PL 1740-1. Paul de Lamerie, 1739.— Two-handled cup and
cover. Clothworkers' Company. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
RG 1740-1. Richd. Gosling, 1739.— Tankard. Dr. and Mrs.
Ash ford.
T T 1740-1 and 1741-2. Thomas Tearle, 1739.— Pair of gilt
vases and covers, one bears the date of 1741-2,
with scroll handles and terminal figures of
Pan and Syrinx, on the bodies the Company's
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arms and emblems, &c, the covers surmounted
by pine apples. Goldsmith's Company. Ex-
hibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
J P 1741-2. John Pollock, 1739.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
J S 1741-2. Jos. Sanders, 1739.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
P L 1741-2. Paul de Lamerie, 1739.— Very fine gilt ewer,
and salver repousse with classical and marine
subjects. Goldsmiths' Company. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
P L 1741-2. Paul de Lamerie, 1739.— Oval dish, 19 x 14.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
P L 1741-2. Paul de Lamerie, 1739. — Saucepan. Lamberts.
J R 1741-2. Jno. Robinson, 1739.— Salver. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
S W 1742. Saml. Wells, 1740.— Pint mug. Hancocks.
PL 1742-3. Paul de Lamerie, 1739. — Standing cup and cover.
Hunt and Eoskell.
P L 1742-3. Paul de Lamerie, 1739.— Milk-jug. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
P G 1742-3. Phillips Garden, 1739.— Four candle-sticks.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
$ 1743-4. Jno. Cafe, 1742.— Chamber candle-sticks. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
J S 1743-4. Jas. Shruder, 1739.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
D W 1743-4. David Willaume, 1739.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
T R 1743-4. Thos. Rush, 1739.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
JP 1743-4. Jno. Pollock, 1739.— Punch-ladle. Burnet
Collection.
J King 1743-4. Jeremh. King, 1723. — Various spoons with name
in full, as before.
N S 1743-4. Nicholas Sprimont, 1742.— Pair of gilt oval
dessert dishes, diameter 11 ins. by 9 ins., finely
modelled with shells, coral, &c. (v. p. 89).
Her Majesty the Queen, Windsor Castle. Ex-
hibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
E F 1744-5. Edwd. Feline, 1739.— Pair of candle-sticks.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
H M 1744-5. Heny. Morris, 1739.— Cake-basket. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
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R A 1744-5. Eobt. Abercrombie, 1739. — Small waiter. Earl
of Breadalbane.
K A 1744-5. Robt. Abercrombie, 1739. — Large salver. Lady
Du Caoe.
(& Wt 1744-5. Edwd. Wood, 1740.— Four salt-cellars, lions head
and claws feet. Mr. Greene.
H M 1745-6. Henry Morris, 1739. — Bread-basket, pierced sides
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
W P 1745-6. Willm. Peaston, 1745.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
T
R G 1745-6. Cooke and Gurney, 1739— Tankard. Hancocks.
C
J W 1745-6. Jno. Wirgman, 1745— Kettle. Hancocks.
D M 1746-7. Dorothy Mills and Thos. Sarbitt, 1746.— Pepper-
T S castor. Lady Du Cane.
H M 1746-7. Hugh Mills, 1745.— The " Lost 93 salver. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
J S 1746-7. J. Shruder, 1739— Coffee-pot. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
W W 1746-7. Wm. Williams, 1744.— The " Vernon " tankard.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
EC 1746-7. Elias Cachart, 1742— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
W G 1747-8. Wm. Grundy, 1748.— Two-handled cup. Fish-
mongers' Company. Exhibited South Ken-
sington Museum 1862.
P L 1747-8. Paul de Lamerie, 1732. — Pair of caddies, silver-
mounted. J. D. Gardner, Esq. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
W W 1747-8. Wm. Williams, 1744.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
RB 1747-8. Richd. Bayley, 1739.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
$ © 1748-9. Saml. Taylor, 1744.— Tea-caddies. W. Edkins,
Esq.
H M 1748-9. Hugh Mills, 1745 — Pair of candle-sticks. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
P T 1748-9. Peter Taylor, 1740.— Tankard. Hancocks.
S H 1748-9. Saml. Herbert, 1748.— Piece of plate. Hancocks.
H B 1748-9. Henry Brind, 1742.— Punch-bowl. Anony-
mous.
151
H B 1749-0. Geo. Methuen, 1748. Piece of plate. I Jan-
cocks.
P L 1750-1. Paul de Lamerie, 1739.— Cruet-frame. J. D.
Gardner, Esq. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
P L 1750-1. Paul de Lamerie, 1739. — Square waiter. W. Boore,
Esq.
I E 1750-1. John Rowe, 1749.— Two-handled cup. Cloth-
workers' Company. Exhibited South Ken-
sington Museum 1862.
W P 1750-1. Wm. Peaston, 1745.— Large bowl. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
P L 1750-1. Paul de Lamerie, 1739.— Plate. Hancocks.
FW 1751-2. Fuller White, 1744.— The "Paulett" tankard.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
JM 1751-2. Jas. Morrison, 1744.— The " Gowland " salver.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
p1^ 1751-2. P. Archambo and P. Meure, 1749.— Tankard.
M Hancocks.
E C 1751-2. Elias Cachart, 1742. — Table-spoons, &c. Anony-
mous.
g^ 1751-2. Saml. Herbert and Co., 1750.— Perforated sugar-
-g basket. Mrs. Hodgson.
R I 1752-3. Robt. Innes, 1742.— Plain tankard. Hancocks.
I Q 1752-3. John Quantock, 1734— Sconce. Lady S. Des
Voeux.
(& 1752-3. Edwd. Wakelin, Panton Street, 1747.— Plate.
Hancocks.
F W 1752-3. Fuller White, 1744.— Plate. Hancocks.
W C 1752-3. Wm. Cripps, Compton Street, 1743— Plate.
Hancocks.
J P 1752-3. Jno. Pollock, 1739.— Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
M F 1752-3. Mordecai Fox, 1746.— Quart mug. Earl of
Breadalbane.
R P 1752-3. Not entered in Goldsmiths' Book, — Cruet-frame.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
WP 1752-3. Wm. Peaston, 1745.— Small waiter, Eail of
Breadalbane.
152
J W 1753-4. Jno. Wirgman, 1751. — A mug. John Jarvis,
Esq.
D P 1753-4. Danl. Piers, 1746. — Dinner service. Marquis of
Ely.
D M 1753-4. Dorothy Mills, 1752.— Plate. Hancocks.
M F 1753-4. Mordecai Fox, 1746.— Plate. Hancocks.
J P 1753-4. John Payne, 1751.— Plate. Hancocks.
PG 1753-4. Phillips Garden, 1739.— The (i Rous " cup and
cover. Trinity College, Cambridge.
M F 1754-5. Magdalen Feline, 1753. — Two sauce-boats.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
P C 1754-5. Paul Crespin, 1739. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
D S 1754-5. Dorothy Sarbit, 1753 — Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
J J 1754-5. Jno. Jacobs, 1739.— Pair of waiters. G. F.
Bailey, Esq.
§ 1754-5. Jno. Swift, 1739.— Waiter. Anonymous.
T
RG
q Anonymous
1754-5. Ed. Gurney and T. Cooke, 1750.— Coffee-pot.
M F 1754-5. Mordecai Fox, 1746.— Two caddies. Earl Stam-
ford and Warrington. Exhibited South Ken-
sington Museum 1862.
WG 1754-5. W. Grundy, 1748.— Tumbler. R. T. Frere,
Esq.
W P 1754-5. W. Peaston, 1745.— Salver. Lady du Cane.
H 1754-5. Saml. Herbert and Co., 1750.— Bread-basket.
S_H Lady Du Cane.
B
P P 1755-6. Pere Pilleau, 1739. — Soup-tureen and cover.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
WP 1755-6. Wm. Peaston, 1745.— The " Ashton " salver.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
T P 1755-6. Thos. Powell, 1755.— Coffee set. Anonymous.
B B 1755-6. Benjn. Brewood, 1755.— Milk-pot. Sir W. T.
Holburne. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
A V 1755-6. Ayme Videau, 1739. — Oval Salver. Fishmongers'
Company. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
153
S L 1755-6. Simon Le Sage, 1754. — Piece of plate. Hancocks.
M F 1755-6. Magdalen Feline, 1753.— Piece of plate. Han-
cocks.
E G 1755-6. Eliza Godfrey, 1741.— Cake-basket. Dr. Ash-
ford.
w 1756-7. Wm. Shaw and Wm. Priest, 1749.— " Sidney
WS Crosby'' punch-bowl. Trinity College, Cam-
P bridge.
% © 1756-7. Saml. Taylor, 1744— Pair of tea-caddies. Paul
Butler, Esq. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
R T 1756-7. Robt. Tyrill, 1742.— Tea-kettle. J. D. Gardner,
Esq. Exhibited South Kensington Museum
1862.
T
j> q 1756-7. R. Gurney and Co., 1750.— Pair of butter-boats.
C Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
J W 1756-7. Jno. Wirgman, 1751. — Set of eight gilt spoons.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
0 1757-8. Thos. Whipham and Chas. Wright, 1757.— The
T W " Fitzgerald " tankard. Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.
T H 1758-9. Letters crowned. Thomas Harrache. Not in
Goldsmiths' Book, which terminates in 1757-8.
— Gilt ewer. Octs. E. Coope, Esq. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
S C 1758-9. Saml. Courtauld, 1746 — Coffee-pot. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
W Willm. Shaw and Wm. Priest, 1749— Plain tankard.
W S XT 1
p Hancocks.
1 C 1759. J. Collins, 1754.— Taper-stand. Hancocks.
F B 1759-0. Fras. Butty and N. Dumee, of Clerkenwell Close,
N D 1759. — Lofty tea-urn of fine form and work..
weight 120 ozs. Lake Price, Esq.
W P 1759-0. Wm. Peaston. — Pierced bread-basket. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
TH 1759-0. Thos, Harrache, Pall Mall (crown above letters).
- — Very elegant sauce-boats, with covers and
stands. Regd. Cholmondeley, Esq.
154
S W£ 1759-0. (Saml. Whitway).— Tripod pricket candle-sticks.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
I C 1759-0. John Cafe. — Eight candle-sticks. Lady Du Cane.
I P 1759-0. J. Parker and E. Wakelin.— The " Darner" cup.
W Trinity College, Cambridge.
8KK (& 1759-0. Wm. Cafe, 1757.— Pair candle-sticks. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
S C 1759-0. Sebastian and Jas. Crespell. — Tobacco-box and
1 C stand, presented by Mr. Eawlinson. (Porson,
who was a Fellow of Trinity College, has
scratched underneath, Ta> Ba*xw.) Trinity
College, Cambridge.
JC 1759-0. Unknown. — Four dessert-spoons. Trinity College,
C Cambridge.
1759- 0. Wm. and Thos. Chawner. — Pair of gravy-spoons.
q Trinity College, Cambridge.
R P 1759-0. Robert Piercy— Cruet-frame. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
RR 1759-0. Robert Rew, 1754.— The " Derby "salver. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
1760- 1. Wm. Bond and Jno. Phipps, 1754.— Salver.
W B
p Anonymous.
E C 1761-2. Edwd. Capper.*— Pair of Salvers. Lady Du
Cane.
T H 1761-2. Thos. Harrache, crown above. — Pair of gilt coro-
nation salvers. Lord Willoughby De Eresby.
C 1762-3. Chas. Whipham and T. Wright, 1757.— The
TW ''Hans Sloane" tankard. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
WP 1762-3. Wm. Plummer, 1755.— Pierced bread-basket.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
L I 1762-3. Lawrence Johnson, 1751. — Seven table-spoons.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
E A 1763-4. Edwd. Aldridge— Cake-basket. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
* The took which contained the entries of names from 1757 to 1773 having been
required by the Parliamentary Committee in 1773, it is not now to be found at Gold-
smiths' Hall ; but we are enabled, from the report, to publish the names and addresses
of all the plate- workers, the dates being omitted in the report.
155
T H 1763-4. Thos. Harrache. — Basin, surmounted by the Prince
of Wales feathers, and two spoons made for the
Prince of Wales (afterwards Geo. IV.) Windsor
Castle, H. M. the Queen. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
J S 1763-4. Jas. Smith, 1744.— Milk-jug. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
I 1763-4. Jno. Langfoi'd and Jno. Sebille. — Ink-stand.
TgL H. G. Bonn's Collection.
S C 1763-4. Sebn. and Jas. Crespell. — Quart mug. Colonel
1 C Phillipps Treby.
E A 1764-5. Edwd. Aldridge.— Spoon. Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
J 1764-5, Wm. Bond and Jno. Phipps, 1754. — Coffee-pot.
WpB Salters' Company. Exhibited 1862. Repro-
duced South Kensington Museum.
T P 1764-5. Thos. Powell. — Gold two-handled cup and cover,
17 ozs. Earl of Craven.
0 1765-6. Thos. Whipham and Chs. Wright, 1757.— Two-
handled cup and cover. J. G. Fanshawe, Esq.
Exhibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
J K 1765-6. Crowned letters, J. Kineard, 1743 —Tea-kettle
(gilt). Lord Bateman.
jg> 1765-6. Jno. Swift, 1739.— Quart tankard. All Souls'
College, Oxford. Exhibted South Kensington
Museum 1862.
S A 1765-6. Stephen Ardesoif, 1756.— Tankard. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
T H 1765-6. Thos. Hannam and Jno. Crouch. — Four candle-
I ^ sticks. Anonymous.
RP 1766-7. Robt, Piercy— Pepper-castor. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
T C 1766-7. Thos. and Willm. Chawner.— Six gilt dessert-
^ C spoons. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
WW 1766-7. Willm. Wooler, 1750.— Four dessert-spoons.
Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
$ 1767-8. Willm. Cafe, 1757.— Chamber candle-stick. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
T P 1767-8. Thomas Powell, 1758.— Epergne, with eight
baskets. Trinity College, Cambridge.
T W
W
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C C 1767-8. Charles Chesterman. — Gravy-spoon. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
F B 1767-8. Butty and Dumee, 1766— Epergne with eight
N D baskets. Lady Du Cane.
W G 1767-8. Will. Grundy, 1743.— Coffee-pot. Brett Collection.
Exhibited South Kensington Museum, 1862.
G H 1767-8. Geo. Hunter, 1748.— Four salt-cellars. Burnet
Collection.
W S 1767-8. Willm. Sheen, 1755.— Butter-boats. Burnet
Collection.
1768-9. Chas. Aldridge and H. Green.— Four escallops.
q_ Trinity College, Cambridge.
W G 1768-9. Willm. Grundy, 1743.— Tankard. Earl of Bread-
alb ane.
WK 1768-9. Willm. Kendrick. ■— Milk-jug. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
It is a remarkable circumstance that we have never met with a piece
of plate made between May 1769 and May 1770.
I M 1770-1. John Moore.— Cup with Teniers subjects. Geo.
Moffatt, Esq.
S C 1770-1. Sebn. and Jas. CrespelL— Gilt ewer. Sir T. W.
I C Holburne.
K 1770-1. Daniel Smith and Robt. Sharp.— Chased coffee-
-D S pot. Hancocks.
S 1
R 1771-2. Robert and David Hennell.= — Six plain oval salts.
D H Trinity College, Cambridge.
H
S W 1771-2. Sachaverel Wright.— Set of caddies. Bonn
Collection.
TH 1771-2. Crowned letters. Thos. Harrache.— Pair of figure
candle-sticks. Duke of Westminster.
TH 1771-2. Ditto. Thos. Harrache.— Pair of caskets. Duke
of Westminster.
J W 1771-2. Jno. Wirgman.= — Two sauce-boats. Mrs. Bis-
choffsheim.
T H 1771-2. Crowned letters. Thos. Harrache. — Great ewer
and salver, made for Queen Charlotte with
royal arms. Duke of Westminster.
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I P 1771-2. J. Parker and E. Wakelin.— The " Cavendish "
E W cup. Trinity College, Cambridge.
E C 1771-2. Edwcl. Capper, St. Martin's-le-Grand.— Two
column candle-sticks. Merchant Taylors'
Company. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
I C 1772-3. Jno. Carter, Bartholomew Close. — Pair of altar
candle-sticks, 31 inches high, with spikes,
square pedestals with festoons and rams heads ;
weight 322 ozs. ; presented by the Earl of
Derby in 1773. Trinity College, Cambridge.
C W 1772-3. Chas. Wright.— Coffee - pot. Lake Price,
Esq.
E C 1772-3. Edwd. Capper.— Salver. Burnett Collection.
I C 1772-3. Jno. Carter. — Candle-sticks. Brett Collection.
Exhibited South Kensington Museum 1862.
W K 1772-3. Wm. Reynoldson, 1757. — Two sauce-boats. Lady
du Cane.
I C 1773-4. John Collins. — Pair of candle-sticks (Astley).
Trinity College, Cambridge.
R R 1773-4. Richd. Rugg.— Salver. Dr. and Mrs. Ash-
ford.
T C 1773-4. Thos. Chawner. — Spoons. Various collections.
C C 1773-4. Catherine Clarke. — Pair of sugar-baskets. Dr.
and Mrs. Ash ford.
W P 1773-4. Wm. Penstone, 1774.— Pierced cake-basket. W.
Edkins, Esq.
1773-4. Aldridge and Green. — Sugar-basin. Bohn Col-
q. lection.
I D 1774-5. John Deacon. — Two-handled cup and cover.
Mrs. BischofTsheim.
C W 1774-5. Chas. Wright, Ave Maria Lane. — Tea-pot. Dr.
and Mrs. Ashford.
W C 1774-5. Willm. Chawner. — Two-handled cup. R. T.
Frere, Esq.
I W 1774-5. Jno. Weldring. — Tumbler. R. T. Frere, Esq.
P F 1774-5. Philip Freeman, 1773. — Pierced basket. Han-
cocks.
S M 1775-6. Saml. Massey. — Four salt-cellars. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
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I C 1775-6. Jno. Carter, 1775.— Candle-sticks. E. Waller,
Esq.
C W 1776-7. Chas. Wright.— Oval dish. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
I W 1776-7. J. Wakelin and W. Taylor, 1776.— The " Greaves ,v
W T CUp an(j cover, weight 121 ounces. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
H 1776-7. Aldridge and Green, 1775. — Ewers and salvers.
Clothworkers' Company. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
T S 1776-7. Thos. Swift.— Pair of butter-boats. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
A F 1776-7. Andw. Fogelberg.— Waiter. Earl of Breadal-
bane.
W G 1776-7. Wm. Grundy, 1776.— Coffee-pot. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
I M 1776-7. JohnMunns, 1753— Jug and cover, plain. Lake
Price, Esq.
I L 1777-8. John Lambe, 1774. — Table service of spoons.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
R M 1777-8. Robt. Makepeace and R. Carter, 1777.— Pair of
^ candle-sticks (Ricketts). Trinity College,
Cambridge.
I S 1777-8. Jas. Stamp, 86, Cheapside, 1774.— Pair of candle-
sticks (St. Asaph). Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.
S J 1777-8. Stephen Joyce— Milk-jug. Dr. and Mrs. Ash-
ford.
A C 1777-8. Anthony Calame, 1764.— Sugar-bason. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
R M 1777-8. Robt. Makepeace and Richard Carter, 1777 —
R ^ Pair of circular waiters. Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
W R 1778-9. Wm. Reynolds.— Quart mug. Earl of Breadal-
bane.
I C 1778-9. J. Crouch and T. Hannam— Waiter. W. Edkins,
T H Esq.
I S 1778-9. Jno. Scofield, 1778.— Salver. Hancocks.
C W 1779-0. Chas. Wright, 1775.— The " Mexborough " cup.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
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C W 1779-0. Chas. Wright, 1775.— Tea-kettle. Trinity College,
Cambridge.
C W 1778-9. Chas. Wright. — Two-handled cup and cover, which
also forms a stand as usual. The late Paul
Butler. Exhibited South Kensington Museum
1862.
W E 1780-1. Willm. Eley.— Cream-jug. Dr. and Mrs. Ash-
ford.
I W 1780-1. J. Wakelin and W. Taylor, 1776. Kettle, lamp,
^ ^ and stand. Anonymous.
B M 1780-1. Briscoe and Morrison. — Cream-jug. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
C H 1781-2. Charles Hill.— Spoon. Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
D S 1781-2. Danl. Smith and Robt. Sharp, 1780.— Pair of
B S tankards. Trinity College, Oxford. Exhibited
South Kensington Museum 1862.
W B 1781-2. Walter Brind, Foster Lane, 1781.— Chased
beaker. Hancocks.
D S 1782-3. Danl. Smith and Robt. Sharp, 1780.— Tankard.
R S All Souls' College, Oxford. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum, 1862.
G W 1782-3. Gabriel Wirgman. — Pair of gilt cups. Earl of
Breadalbane.
E F 1782-3. Edwd. Fernell, 1780.— Plain tankard. Han-
cocks.
R C 1783-4. Richd. Crossley, 1782.— Sauce-ladle. Trinity
College, Cambridge.
H B 1783-4. Hester Bateman, 1776. — Cream-jug. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
T C 1784-5. Thos. Chawner. — Cruet frame ; this piece has
the King's head incuse. Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.
J D 1784-5. Jno. Drysdale, repeated thrice. — Two-handled
cup. Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
T E 1784-5. Thos. Evans. — Spoon. Dr. and Mrs. Ashford.
I W 1784-5. J. Wakelin and W. Taylor, 1776-1792.— Waiter.
W T This has five stamps : 1. Leopard*s head
crowned; 2. Lion passaut ; 3. Date letter [i] ;
4. King's head incuse on octagonal stamp ;
5. Makers, Mrs. Bischoffsheim.
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I S 1785. J. Scofield, 1778. Coffee-urn with tap. Duty mark
of the King's head incuse. Mrs. Bischoffs-
heim.
H B 1785-6. Hester Bateman, 1776 — Cake-basket. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
G S 1785-6. Geo. Smith, 1774 —Spoons. Various Collec-
tions.
W S 1785-6. Win. Simons, spoon-maker. — Spoon. Dr. and
Mrs. Ashford.
H 1785-6. Chas. Aldridge and H. Green, 1775.— Two-
handled loving cup and cover. Presented
by Alexander Brander in 1792. Wheelwrights'
Company.
EC 1785-6. Richd, Crossley, 1782.™ Various spoons. Anony-
mous.
IL 1785-6. Jno. Lambe, 1783.— Large tankard (Dilke).
Trinity College, Oxford. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
I B 1786-7. Jno. Bridge (Rundell and Bridge). — Gilt cups,
designed by Flaxman with ivory plaques.
Windsor. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
H G 1787-8. Henry Greenway, 1775. — Barge-master's badge.
Cloth workers5 Company. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
P B 1788-9. Peter Bateman— Tea-pot. Dr. and Mrs. Ash-
ford.
I B 1789-0. J. Bridge (Rundell and Bridge). — Tea service.
J. Falcke, Esq. Exhibited South Kensington
Museum 1862.
T R 1792-3. Thos. Renou, 1792.— Candle-stick. Dr. and Mrs.
Ashford.
P S 1792-3. Paul Storr, 30, Church Street, Soho, 1793.—
Lamp and stand. Christie, Esq.
R S 1792-3. Robt. Sharp, 1789.— Candle-sticks. Salters' Com-
pany. Exhibited South Kensington Museum
1862.
WT P 1794-5. Wm. Pitts and J. Preedy. — Epergne and plateau.
I Mercers' Company. Exhibited South Ken-
sington Museum 1862.
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R G 1795. Robert Gaze, 1795.— Coffee-pot. G. F. "Bailey, Esq.
I S 1796-7. Jas. Sutton (?) (Rundell and Bridge), 1780.—
Pair of two-handled vases and covers. Mer-
chant Taylors' Company. Exhibited South
Kensington Museum 1862.
P S 1796-7. Paul Storr, 20 Air Street, Piccadilly, 1796.—
Large kettle. Jos. Fleming, Esq.
R H 1797-8. Robt. and David Hennell, 1795.— Fish dish. Rev.
D H T. Staniforth.
W E 1798-9, W. Eley and W. Fearn, 1797.— Marrow-spoon,
W F Trinity College, Cambridge.
J E 1798-9. John Ernes, 1798— Fish-slice. Anonymous.
P S 1799-0. Paul Storr, 1796 —Pair large cups. Hunt and
Roskell.
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TABLE OF MAKEBS' MABKS,
Stamped from the identical punches on a copper plate preserved at
Goldsmiths' Hall, from the date of the Goldsmiths' order of the 23rd
February 1675, until the 15th April 1697, when the new or Britannia
standard was adopted, and the maker's initials changed from the
christian and surname to the two first letters of the surname. At the
bottom of the plaque is written : " On the above plate are the
marks from workmen taken at this office prior to the fifteenth
of April, A.D. 1697, of which not any other entry is to be found.33
This change in the method of marking prevents our tracing many
of those which follow afterwards in the Goldsmiths' books.
The marks were stamped irregularly from top to bottom of the
plate, and when one was imperfectly struck, a second was placed by
its side, and, in some instances, reversed. For the convenience of
reference the marks are here arranged alphabetically, with the imper-
fections as they occur on the plate. It may be noticed that the
initials of a widow or female successor are always placed within a
lozenge-shaped escutcheon ; unfortunately the names are wanting.
A work, entitled, " The Touchstone for Gold and Silver Wares,"
written in 1677, informs us that " They (the Goldsmiths) have also
made, in a part of their Hall, a place, called by them the Assay Office,
wherein is kept, for publick view, a table or tables artificially made in
columns, that is to say, one column of hardened lead, another of
parchment or velom, and several of the same sorts. In the lead
columns are struck or entred the workers' marks (which are generally
the first two letters of their christian and surnames), and right against
them, in the parchment columns, are writ and entred the owners' names,
according to the intent of the words in the statute (2 Hen. VI. 14),
to wit, ' And that the sign of every goldsmith be known to the
wardens of the craft,' which said warden's duty is to see that the
marks be plain and of a fit size, and not one like another, and to
require the thus entering the said marks, and also the setting them
clear and visible on all gold and silver work, not only on every
work, but also on every part thereof that is wrought apart, and
afterwards soldered and made fast thereto in finishing the same."
For two centuries or more this plan was adopted, but, unfortunately,
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none of the tables are preserved. It is, however, clear that some, if
not all, were in existence in the writer's time, and not destroyed in
the great fire of 1666, but, like the Exchequer records hereafter
spoken of, they were not thought worthy of being kept, and probably
sold as waste materials; this is much to be regretted, as no record of
makers exists previous to the date of this copper plate in 1697.
In Belgium many of these copper plates have been carefully pre-
served, and electrotype copies have recently been supplied to the
South Kensington Museum of ten copper plates of the celebrated
Goldsmiths' Guild of Ghent, on which the makers' marks are
stamped, and the names engraved against them, from 1484 to 1707.
The goldsmiths of Belgium in the 15th century had no rivals in
Europe, being patronised by the Dukes of Burgundy; and their works,
ornamented with niello, enamel, chasing, and engraving, were not
surpassed by any other country in Europe. The inventories of the
jewels of the Dukes of Burgundy bear witness of their excellence.
The goldsmiths' art was hereditary ; they were at the same time
modellers, painters, and architects. Among these may be mentioned,
Van Houten, Van Ravenscoot, Du Schoenen, Vilaine, and Corneille de
Bonte le gentil gantois. The silver collar of the BerTroi, with an
escutcheon representing the fair pucelle de Gand caressing the lion
of Flanders, is in the Hotel de Ville ; and a collector at Ghent is the
fortunate possessor of a Gothic silver casket, dated 1486, with the
stamp of Corneille de Bonte, his initials, and in the centre an ermine
(in Flemish Bonte) a pun upon his name ; he was deacon of the guild
from 1487 to 1500. There are also two copies of copper plaques
from the Guild of Goldsmiths of Bruges, with names of plate-workers
from 1567 to 1636. Others from different guilds are to follow, through
the perseverance of Mr. Weale.
The makers' marks which follow were stamped at random on the
copper plate, in lines from top to bottom, under each other, com-
mencing with the earliest date of entry at the left-hand corner, as
shown in the frontispiece to the two last editions of our " Hall Marks
on Plate/' taken accurately from a photograph of the original at;
Goldsmiths' Hall ; but the initials of the second, or surnames, are
here arranged alphabetically for easy reference.
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166
167
ENTRIES OF PLATE-WORKERS' MARKS.
Coined from the Records at Goldsmiths'" Hall.
A leather case at Goldsmiths' Hall contains five volumes, in which
the following entries of Makers' Marks are written.
Titles. Dates. Remarks.
^ 15 -^P^ 1^97 |Large piate workers.
Vol. 1. 25 Ma° 1739 J (The letter V is wanting.)
Vol. 2. Ditto Small workers only.
B 30 Mav 1739 1 Large pkte workers'
*r Vi , 17^0 -The titles state that the entries are to
VOl. 1. tO 1/D». j ]76^ bu<. only th]pee Qccur after 175Q
Vol. 2. Ditto Small workers.
C. 1758 to 1773 Contains small workers only.
Vol. 3. Vols. 1 and 2, which contained the names
and marks of the large plate workers
from 1758 to 1773 are missing. They
were evidently in existence in 1773, the
year when the Parliamentary return was
made; hut were probably never returned
to the Hall, or are since lost.
Separate Books, Goldsmiths' Hall.
Vols. 1, 2, 3. 1774 to 1805 These books contain the marks of large
and small plate workers in alphabetical
order, but not separated as before. The
extracts we have made belong, appar-
ently, from their size, to the former.
It must be borne in mind that the accompanying list contains only
the names of the actual manufacturers, the names of the goldsmiths
to whose order the pieces were made not being recorded. Very few
of the goldsmiths were workers themselves, although they probably
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furnished designs. There are necessarily in every piece of decorative
plate three parties to whom the credit of production must be ascribed,
viz. the artist who designs it, the plate- worker who makes it, and
the goldsmith who sells it and becomes the publisher. In very few
instances does the name of the artist transpire; the plate- worker is
compelled by law to place the initials of his name on his work,
being responsible alone to the Goldsmiths' Company for its quality.
The goldsmith rarely places his name, but reaps the benefit by its sale
and establishes his reputation thereby. He is the patron of the work,
remunerates the artist for the design according to its merit, and pays
the plate-worker for its production, and it is at his risk whether he
obtains a remunerative price for his outlay ; his name and connexion
give him the opportunity of an advantageous sale, which neither the
artist nor the plate-worker may possess. Hence all three conduce to
a successful result attained in its appreciation by an enlightened
purchaser. But at the same time it is to be regretted that many of
the sumptuous pieces of plate we occasionally meet with, make no
sign and render it impossible to give credit where it is due, and the
name of the artist sinks into oblivion. The grand and massive
examples issued by Eundell and Bridge, for George IV. and other noble
personages, were many of them designed by Chas. Stothard and J.
Flaxman, but it is only by their excellence they can be identified.
Nearly all the celebrated plate- workers from 1685 to the first
quarter of the following century, who added so much to the perfection
and beauty of the English plate of this period, were of French origin,
and were probably Protestants who quitted France after the Revoca-
tion of the Edict of Nantes on the 18th October 1685, having become
proficients in their trade under the celebrated goldsmiths of the
reign of Louis XIV The result of this despotic act was that
400,000 Protestants, among the most industrious and intelligent of
the nation, quitted France and took refuge in Great Britain, Holland,
Prussia, Switzerland, and America. Being composed largely of
merchants, manufacturers, and skilled artisans, they carried with them
their knowledge, taste, and aptitude for business. England in par-
ticular gained immensely in perfecting the arts of goldsmith's work,
and plate, silk, glass, &c. Their names are revealed to us solely by
the entries in the Goldsmiths' books, and the excellence of their work-
manship derived from specimens which have been preserved to our
time. They do not all appear to have been gold or silver smiths
themselves, in the usual acceptation of the terms as keeping shops
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for the purpose of sale ; consequently their names have been hitherto
unknown to the public, their employers gaining the credit of their
beautiful productions. The following are some of the artist workmen,
or actual plate-workers, with elates of entry at Goldsmiths' Hall on
depositing their marks ; their nationality will be apparent by their
names : —
1685. Pierre Harache, Suffolk Street, near Charing Cross.
1697. Danl. Gamier, Pall Mall.
1697. David Willaume, St. James's Street.
1697. Mark Paillet, Hemmings Row.
1698. Pierre Harache, junr., Compton Street, Soho.
1699. Pierre Platel, in Pall Mall.
1700. Lewis Mettayer, Pall Mall,
1701. Simon Pantin, St. Martin's Lane,
1703. Louys Cuny, Panton Street.
1707. Pierre Le Cheaube, in Pall Mall.
1707. Jean Petnj, Pall Mall.
1707. Philip Rainaud, Suffolk Street.
1708. Augustin Courtauld, Church Street, St, Martin's Lane.
1710. James Fraillon, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.
1712. Paul de Lamerie, Windmill Street.
1714. Isaac Riboulau, St. Martin's Lane.
1715. Paul Hanet, Great St. Andrew's Street, St. Giles,
1716. Wm. Bellassyse, Monkwell Street, and at Holborn, in 1728.
1717. John Guerrie, Strand.
1720. Paul Crespin, Compton Street, Soho.
1721. Abraham Buteux, Green Street, Lester Fields,
1722. John Le Sage, Great Suffolk Street.
1722. Isaac Comasseau, Drury Lane,
1723. John Chartier, Hemming's Row,
1723. Simon Jouet, Maiden Lane.
1724. Abm. De Oliveyra, St. Helen's,
1725. Louis Laroche, 7 Dials.
1726. Pierre Bouteiller, St. Martin's Court,
1738. Jas. B. Langlois, St. Andrew's Street.
1739. Aynie Vide an, Green Street.
1742. Nicholas Sprimont, Compton Street, Soho.
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A. Vol. I. — Large Plate Workers from 15th April 1697
to 25th May 1739.
Note.— The letters O.S. denote Old Standard, N.S. New Standard.
A.
Allen, Tlios., Gutter-lane, Apr. 1697.
Andrews, Wm., Mugwell-st., Apr. 1697.
RJ Archbold, Fras., Ffoster-la., Apr. 1697.
Ash, Thos., Steyning-lane, Apr.
1697.
4frl Aubin, Hy., Princes-court, Lothbury,
10 June 1700.
Adam, Chas., Foster-lane, 1 Feb. 1702.
rcher, Andrew, Fleet-st., 27 C
and Bride-lane, Aug. 7, 1710.
Abbott, Jno., Bircbin-lane, 5 July 1706.
Atkinson, Chr., Foster-la., 23 Oct. 1707.
j» Arnett, Hugh, Foster-lane, 15 Feb.
}r& Continued by Pocock, Ed., 22 June
^ 1720.
Arcbambo, Ptr., " Golden Cup," Green-
street, 9 Mar. 1720 ; to Hemings-row,
N.S., 2 Nov. 1722. With PA crowned.
Atkinson, Wm., " Golden Cup," New
Fisb Street-bill, N.S., 31 May 1725.
Atkinson, Wm., ditto, O.S., ditto.
Alcborne, Chas., Foster -lane, at " The
3 Candlesticks," O.S., 9 Oct. 1729.
Archambo, Peter, Green-street, O.S.,
2 Nov. 1722.
Allen, Jos., and another, St. Swithin's-
lane, 9 Mar. 1729.
Abercrombie, Eobt., St. Martin' s-le-
Grand, 5 Oct. 1731.
Arnell, Hugh, King-st., Soho, 24 Mar.
1734.
Abercrombie, Eobt. and Hindmarsh
Geo., Christopher' s-court, St. Mar-
tin's-le-Grand, 11 May 1731.
B.
Brown, Moses, Eussell-street, Covent-
garden, Apr. 1697. |
Bird, Jos., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697, and
a similar mark in O.E. letters.
Bodington, Jno., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Bodington, Edmd., Foster-lane, O.S.,
5 July 1727.
Braford, Benj., Lawrence Poutney la.,
Apr. 1697.
Bambridge,Wm., Whitechapel, Apr.
Brydon, Thos., St. Martin's-le-Grand,
Apr. 1697.
Bradley, Jnthn., Carey-lane, Apr. 1697.
@) Barnard, Jno., Gutter-lane, 12 Oct. 1720.
Brassey, Jno., Lumber-st., Apr. 1697.
Brockes, Edward, Derby, Apr. 1697.
Brett, Wm., Norris-street, St. James's
(the letters on a bottle), Apr. 1697.
Billingsley, Fras., Covent-garden, Apr.
1697.
Bentley, Benj., no address, 25 Nov. 1698.
Bull, Wm., Haymarket, 19 Jan. 1698.
Broake, Jno., Gutter-lane, 8 July 1699.
Bone, Ishmael, Abchurch-lane, 19 Oct.
1699.
Backe, Jno., Lumbard-st., 1 Nov. 1700.
For O.S. IB in 1720.
Bigge, Eichd., Sweethings-lane, 23 Nov.
1700.
Blackford, Anty., Lombard-st., 12 June
1702.
Barnes, Wm., Without Ludgate, 20 July
1702.
Barbitt, Jos., New-st., Covent-garden,
1 Oct. 1703. For O.S. IB crowned, 1720.
Bromley, Jno., Foster-lane, O.S., 27 Oct.
1720.
Beschefer, Jas., Lester-fields, 4 Oct.
1704.
Betts, Jno., Holbourn, O.S., 9 Aug.
1720.
Burridge, Thos., Foster-lane, 5 Apr.
1706.
Bainbridge, Mary, Oat-lane, 21 Apr.
1707.
Brush, Phillip, Lombard-street, 3 May
1707.
Bayley, Eichd., Foster-lane, 29 Mar.
1708.
Bayley, Eichd., Foster-lane, O.S., 16
July 1720.
Bevault, Thos., Foster-lane, 24 Dec.
1712.
Boult, Michael, Cheapsyde, 20 May 1713.
For O.S. MB in Apr. 1720.
Beale, Geo., Distaff-lane, 1 June 1713.
Beesley, Hy., Nicholas-lane, 23 Jidy 1714.
Bland, Natnl., Noble-st., 10 Jan. 1714.
Blakeley, Benj., Strand, 10 Oct. 1715.
For O.S. BB in 1720.
Barnet, Edwd., Tooley-st., 18 Nov. 1715.
Burridge, Thos., Foster-lane, N.S., 17
July 1717.
Burridge, J., Foster-lane, O.S., 24 June
1720.
Bell, Jos., Cannon-street, 1 Oct. 1716.
Bellassyse, Win,, Monkwell-st., 16 Mar.
1716.
Barbitt, J., New-street, Covent-garden,
27 July 1717.
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Bellamy, Win., Foster-lane, 1 Oct. 1717.
Bignell, Juo., Stainen-lane, N.S., 24 May
1718.
Bignell, Jno., ditto, O.S., 27 June 1720.
Bamford, Thos., Guter-lane, 1719 and
for O.S. TB in 1720.
Boothby, Geo., at ye Parrot in ye Strand,
N.S., 1 Mar. 1720.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 14 Aug. 1720.
Brydon, Geo., Maiden-lane, N.S., 12 Apr.
1720.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 8 July 1720.
Boult, Michl., Cheapside, 20 June 1720.
Blackborow, Saml., Mugwell-st., 17 Jan.
1720.
Buteiix, Abm., Green-st., Lester-fields,
13 May 1721, for both Standards.
Brumhall, Jno., Upper Moorfields, 13
May 1721.
Bellassyse, Wm., Holbourn, 3 July 1723.
Burne, Jas., Bedfordbury, 4 Mar. 1724,
for botb Standards.
Bird, Jos., Foster-lane, 19 June 1724.
Bronie, Geo., Fetter-lane, 31 Oct. 1726.
Bouteiller, Pierre, Martin' s-court, 13
Feb. 1727.
Bennett, Edwd., Littel Britten, 27 Mar.
1727.
Brokesby, Abel, St. Anne's-lane, 14 Aug.
1727.
Bentley, Benj., Tooley-st., 31 Jan. 1728.
Potts, Tbos., Bolt-ct., Fleet-st.,26Feb.
1728.
Bates, Saml., Gutter -lane, 28 Oct. 1728.
Berthet, Eraye, at ye sine of The Gold
King, Charing Cross, 31 Oct. 1728.
Bates, Aaron, Feild-lane, 7 Oct. 1730.
Buteux, Eliz., Norris-st., St. James,
15 Nov. 1731.
Bennett, Edwd., Noble-st., 25 June 1731.
Bennett, Peter, Little Britain, 6 Mar.
1731.
Beale, Eichd., at ye Unicorn in Hene-
retta-street, 1 Oct. 1731.
Brooker, Jas., at ye Golden Snaill in
Fleet-street, 21 Oct. 1734.
Barbe, Jno., West-street, Seven Dials,
16 Jan. 1735.
Bryan, Jno., Panner-ally, Newgate-st.,
18 Nov. 1735.
Brown, Eobt., Piccadilly, 8 Oct. 1736.
Bradshaw, Bennett & E. Tyrill, at ye
Golden Ball, Oxford Chapel, 21 Mar.
1737.
Barrett, Jno., Castle-st. (a foreiner),
26 May 1737.
Baskerville, Geo., Shandoy-st., 9 Feb.
1738.
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Blakeley, Benj., Eussell-st., July 1738.
Bates, Hen., Widegate-st., 12 July 1738.
Bruguier, Phil., St. Martin's-la., Lester-
fields, 19 Mar. 1738.
c.
Cory, Jno., Fleet-street, Apr. 1697.
Chad wick, Jas., Maiden-lane, Apr. 1697.
Colds, Lawrence, Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Canner, Christr., Gutter-lane, Apr. 1697.
Cooper, Eobt., Strand, Apr. 1697.
Cole, Jno., Silver-street, Apr. 1697.
Coleman, Stephn., Little Britain, Apr.
1697.
Coiirthope, Edwd., Bishopsgate, Apr.
1697.
Crutchfield, Jnthn., Garlick-hill, 27
Sept. 1697.
Cove, Jno., Bristol, 4 Jan. 1698.
Cox, Geo., Carey-lane, 6 Apr. 1698.
Chartier, Jno., Hemings-row. N.S., Apr.
1698.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 10 JiUy 1723.
Collins, Hy., Maiden-lane, Apr. 1698.
Cooke, Jno., Strand, 11 May 1699.
Corbet, Thos., St. Martin's-lane, 12 Dec.
1699.
Cope, Jno., Oate-lane, 25 June 1701.
Corosey, Jno., Foster-lane, N.S., 9 Aug.
1701.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., ditto, 1720.
Cooper, Matt., Foster-lane, N.S., 2 May
1702.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 13 July 1720.
Cbarnelhouse, Wm., Gutter-lane, 19
June 1703.
Clifton, Jonah, Tower-st., 25 Nov. 1703.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 8 Oct. 1720.
Cuny, Louys, Panton-st., 1 Dec. 1703.
Chamberlen, Jno., Maiden-lane, 2 Mar.
1704.
Cmtcher, Jno., East Smithfield, 29 June
1706.
Cornock, Ed., Carey-lane, 14Jidyl707.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 25 Nov. 1723.
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Le Cheaube Pierre in ye Pell Mell. 21
Nov. 1707.
Clifton, Jno., Foster-lane, 21 Oct. 1708.
Conrtanld, Aug., St. Martin's-lane, 23
Dec. 1708.
Clausen, Nich.,Orange-st., Lester-fields,
10 June 1709.
Clausen, Mch., Orange-st., ditto, O.S.,
29 July 1720.
Clarke, Hen., Foster-lane, 28 June 1709.
Clarke, Hen., Foster-lane, O.S., 1720.
Clare, Jos., Wood-street, 25 Sept. 1713.
Clare, Jos., Wood-st., O.S., 23 June 1720.
Cunningham, Dan., Long-acre, 11 Feb.
1716.
Cunningham, Dan., Long-acre, O.S., 4
July 1720.
Corporon, Jno., Princes-st., 2 Apr. 1716.
Clarke, Hen., St. Anne's-lane, O.S., 7
Mar. 1722.
Clarke, Eichd., Minories, 21 Oct. 1708.
Canner,Chris.,Maiden-lane, 30 May 1716.
Canner, Chris., Foster-lane, O.S., 8 July
1720.
Crespiri, Paul, Conrpton-st., Soho, 1720.
Crespin, Paid, Conipton-st., Soho., O.S.,
1720.
Clare, Jos., Lumber-st., O.S., 15 Dec.
1721.
Clarke, Jno., Foster-lane, N.S., 20 July
1722.
Clarke, Jno., Foster -lane, O.S., 2 July
1722.
Cornasseavi, Isaac, at ye Acorne, Drew-
rey-lane, N.S., 1722.
Ditto, in Drewrey-lane, O.S., 1722.
Conen, Edwd., Carey-lane, 8 Dec. 1724.
Coker, Ebenezer, Clerkenwell, 27 Mar.
1738.
Cooper, Matthew, Minories, O.S., 30
June 1725.
Cooper, Matthew, Minories, N.S., 9
Sept. 1725.
Callard, Isaac, King-st.,St. Giles, N.S.,
7 Feb. 1726.
Callard, Isaac, King-st„ St. Giles, O.S.,
7 Feb. 1726.
Clark, Thos., Ball-alley, 2 Mar. 1725.
Le Chouabe, Peter, Glashouse-st., 27
June 1726.
Cooke, Thos., Foster -lane, 7 Jtine 1727.
Claris, Christian, James-st., Covent-
garden, 16 Jan. 1727.
Cooke, Thos., and Gurney Eichd., at
The Golden Cup in Foster-lane, 19 Oct.
1721.
Chapman, Danl., Bunhill-row, 5 Sept.
1729.
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Courtauld, Aug., Shandois-st., 7 Oct.
1729.
Chapman, Jno., Noble-st.,9 June 1730.
Causton, Thos., Foster-lane, 7 Dec. 1731.
Gladwin, Thos., Marylebone-st., 1 Aug.
1737.
Coats, Alex., and French, Edw., Ben-
net's-court, 29 Aug. 1734.
A) Davenport, Isaac,Gutter-lane,Apr. 1697
Denny, Wm., and Backe, Jno., Dore-
court, Lumbard-st., Apr. 1697.
Dell, Sam., Watlin-st., Apr. 1697.
Dighton, Isaac, Gutter -lane, Apr. 1697.
Downes, Jno., Wood-st., Apr. 1697.
Diggle, Jno, In ye Strand, Apr. 1697.
Denny, Wm., " Golden Ball," Swithin's-
lane, Apr. 1697.
Dalton, And w., Ball-alley, Lombard-st.,
April 1708.
Dalton, Isaac, St. Martin's-le-Grand,
10 Dec. 1711.
Daniel, Josiah, Wood-st., 21 Feb. 1714.
Darkeratt, Wm., " Acorn," Foster-lane,
10 Jan. 1718.
Dieken, Artr., "Angel," Strand, 18 June
1720.
Darkeratt, Wm., " Acron," Foster-lane,
O.S., 12 Aug. 1720.
Dymond, Ed., St. Mary Hill, N.S., 1
Dec. 1722.
Dymond, Ed., ditto, O.S., 1 Dec. 1722.
Dell, Hy., " Crown and Dolphin," Moor-
street, 1722.
Darkeratt, Wm., " Eose," Strand, 23
June 1724.
David, Fleurant, Green-st., N.S., June
1724.
Ditto, in Lester-fields, O.S., June 1724.
Drake, Wescombe, " Golden Ball," Nor-
ton Folgate, June 1724.
Darkeratt, Win., " Eose," Strand, 1 Apr.
1731.
Dupont, Louis, Wardour-st., 20 Sept.
1736.
E.
East, Jno., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Edwards, Jno., Gutter -lane, Apr. 1697.
Edgar, Jas., Gutter-lane, Apr. 1697.
Eckfourd, Jno.,Drury-lane, 31 Dec. 1698.
Eckford, Jno., Drm-y-lane 1720.
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173
Edmonds, Stepn., Pall Mall, 13 Jmie
1700.
Ewesdin, Thos., St. Martin's-le-Grand,
6 May 1713.
England, "Win., and Vaen, Jno., Bow-
lane, Cheapside, 22 July 1714.
Edwards, Riclid., Gutter-lane, N.S., 13
Aug. 1716.
Edwards, Richd., Gutter-lane, O.S., 25
Nov. 1723.
Edwards, Jno., and Pitches, Geo., St.
Swithin's-lane, near Lumber-street,
G Dec. 1723, N.S.
Edwards, Jno., St. Swithin's-lane, N.S.,
27 Apr. 1724.
Edwards, Jno., St. Swithin's-lane, O.S.,
27 Apr. 1724.
Eckford, Jno., Jun., 3 Tun-court O.S.,
23 June 1725.
Eckford, Jno., Jun., 3 Tun-court., N.S.,
23 June 1725.
England, Thos., Long-acre, N.S., 2G
Aug. 1725.
England, Thos., Long-acre, O.S., 2G
Aug. 1725.
Edwards, Griffith, Hemlock-court, 8
Jan. 1732.
East, John, no address, 24 May 1721.
Fawdery, Jno., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Francis, Win., St. Martin' s-lane. Apr.
1697.
Fleming, Win.. Cripplegate Without.
1697.
Fawdery, Win., Goldsmith-street, 28
July 1700.
Fletcher, Jno., Silver-street, Apr. 1700.
Field, Josh., Maiden-lane, 3 Dec. 1701.
Fordham, Win., Lumbard-street, 31
Jan. 1706.
Folkingham, Thos., Sweethine-s-lane,
3 Feb. 1706.
Fawler, Thos., Bull and Mouth-street,
3 Sept. 1707.
Frensham, Josh., Shoe-la„ 12 Sept. 1707.
Farren, Thos., Sweething-lane, 16 Oct.
1707.
Flight, Jno., Foster-lane, 5 June 1710.
FraiUon, Jas., Maiden-lane. Ct. Gdn., 17
Jan. 1710.
Farnell, Jno., St. Anne's-lane, 26 June
1714.
Farnell, Jno., St. Anne's-lane, O.S.,
20 June 1720.
Fawdery, Win., Gold-st., 23 July 1720.
Folkingham, Thos., Sweethin^s-lane,
O.S./6 Feb. 1720.
Feline, Edwd., Rose-street, Covent
Garden, 25 Sept, 1720.
Fraillon, Jas., Lanchester-st., Strand,
G Mar. 1723.
Fletcher, Bernard, Stainin°r-lane, 17
Sept. 1725.
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Flavill, Jno., Maiden-lane, at the
"Maiden Head," 5 Apr. 172G.
Foster, Jacob, "at the sign of ye Pearl
and Crown," South wark, 5 Oct. 172G.
Fawdery, Hester, Goldsmith-street, 28
Sept. 1727.
FraiUon, Blanche, Lanchester-court,
Strand, 28 Sept. 1727.
Frith, Ralph, at the sine of ye " Golden
Cup," Shoreditch, N.S., 24 June 1728.
Frith, Ralph, " at the sine of ye Golden
Cup," Shoreditch, O.S., 24 June 1728.
Fawdery, Jno., Hemenes-row, 27 Feb.
1729.
Flecher, Edith, Foster-la., 27 Feb. 1729.
Fossey, Jno., at ye " Hand and Seale,"
in Gutter-lane, 9 Jan. 1733.
French, E., and Coats, Alex., Bennets-
court, Exeter Change, 29 Aug. 1734.
French, Ed., Bennets-court, Aug. 1734.
G.
Gamier, Danl., Pall Mall, Apr, 1697.
Gamble, Win,, Foster -lane, Apr. 1697.
Garthorne, Frans., Sweethins-lane, Apr.
1697.
Garthorne, Geo., Keyre-lane, Apr. 1697.
Gibson, Win., Carey-lane, Apr. 1697.
Gibson, Ed., Bishopsgate-st., Apr. 1697.
Grant, Dorothy, Southwark, Apr. 1697.
Gimber, Win., Eatcliff Highway, Apr.
1697.
Greene, Nat., St. Martin' s-lane, 1698.
Gibbons, Jno., Foster-la., 15 Apr. 1700.
Gossen, Win., Foster -lane, 13 July 1700.
Greene, Hen., Gold-street, 31 Aug. 1700.
Greene, Hen., Gold-street, O.S., 12 July
1720.
Green, David, Foster-lane, 27 June 1701.
Green, David, Foster-lane, O.S., 22
June, 1720.
Goode, Jno., Hennninvrs-row, 25 July
1701.
Green, Richd., Foster-la,, 15 Apr. 1703.
Gillingham, Geo., "Black Lion,"
Strand, 7 June 1703.
Goodwin, Jas., Foster-la., 27 Mar. 1710.
Goodwin, Jas., Foster-la., 27 Mar. 1710.
Gines, Richd., Lumbard-st., 7 Oct. 1714.
Gines, Richd., Lumbard-street, O.S., 21
June 1720.
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Guerrie, Juo., "att ye Miter," Strand,
5 Jan. 1717.
Gerrard, Christr.,Portgall-street, 7 Nov.
1719.
Gerrard, Christr., Portgall-st., O.S.,
2 July 1720.
Gillinghain, Geo., Guilford-street, 25
Sept. 1718.
Gibbon, Edwd., Aldersgate-street, 6
Aug. 1719.
Giues, Richd., Luinbard-street, 17 Sept.
1717.
Gladwin, Thos., "at ye Spotted Dog,"
in Luinbard-street, 4 Dec. 1719.
Goodwin, Jas., Nobell-st., O.S., 4 Sept.
1721.
Gillingham, Geo., Giltspur- street, 4
Sept. 1721.
Gulliver, Natl., Gutter-la., 12 Sept. 1722.
Gulliver, Nat., Gutter-lane, O.S., 12
Sept. 1722.
Gould, Jas., "at ye Golden Lion," in
Gutter-lane, 19 Nov. 1722.
Gould, Jas., do., do., O.S., 19 Nov. 1722.
Godwin, Meshach, Fauster-lane, 16
Jan. 1722.
Godwin, Meshach, do., O.S., 16 Jan. 1723.
Gibbon, Edwd., Lad-lane, 31 Aug. 1723.
Goddard, Phil., Fountain-court, 23 Jan.
1723. N.S.
Goddard, Phil., do., Cheapside, O.S.,
3 Jan. 1723.
Gibbons, Jno., Red Lion-sq., 2 Mar.1723.
Gorsuch, Jno., Leetle East Cheap, 6
Apr. 1726.
Green, Richd., Foster-lane, 19 Oct. 1726.
Gamon, Jno., Gutter-lane, 22 Mar. 1728.
Gorhani, Jno., Gutter -In., 11 Dec. 1728.
Goodwin, Eliz., Noble-st., 2 Dec. 1729.
Godwin, Benj., Gutter-In., 15 Jan. 1730.
Gorhani, Jno., at ye "Blacknioor's
Head," in Gutter-lane, 8 Sept. 1730.
Abercronibie, Rob., and Hindmarsh,
Geo., Christopher's-ct., St. Martin's-
le-Grand, May 1731.
Griffith, Jefy., Stayning-lane, 18 Feb.
1731.
Godfrey, Benjn., at ye " Hand-Ring and
Crown," Norris-street, Haymarket,
3 Oct. 1732.
Gibbons, Chas., St. Martin' s-le-Grand,
19 Oct. 1732.
Gould, Win., at ye " Wheat Sheff," in
Gutter-lane, 20 Oct. 1732.
Gould, Jas., "att ye 3 Golden Lions,"
in Gutter-lane, Oct. 1732.
Gahegan, Jno., Three Dove-court, St.
Martin' s-le-Grand, 17 Jidy 1734.
Gould, Wm., "att ye Candlestick," in
Foster-lane, 24 July 1734.
Gurney, Rd., and Cook, Thos., " att ye
Golden Cup," Foster-lane, 23 Dec.
1734.
Garrard, Wm., Staining-lane, 1 Apr. 1735.
Green, Sam., Ball-alley, Lombard-st.,
8 June 1721.
Gladwin, Thos., Marylebone-street, 1
Aug. 1737.
H.
Harache, Pierre, Suffolk-street, near
Charing Cross, Apr. 1697.
Hood, Sam., Maiden-lane, Apr. 1697.
Hood, Sam., Maiden-lane, Apr. 1697.
Havers, Geo. Lilly Pot-lane, Apr. 1697.
Hodson, Jno., Wapping, Apr. 1697.
Hawkes, Saml., Bishopsgate-street,
Apr. 1697.
Hoyte, Frances, Glostershire, Apr. 1697.
Harris Ben., Temple Bar, Apr. 1697.
Harache Peeter, junr., Compton-street,
near St. Anne's Ch., Soho, 25 Oct. 1698.
Hely, Jno., St. Martin's-lane, 11 Mar.
1699.
Hanks, Job, Gutter-lane, 20 May 1699.
Hutchinson, Richd., Colchester, 13 Dee.
1699.
Hinton, Wm., Red Cross-street, 7 Oct.
1704.
Hudson, Alex., Bull and Mouth-street,
22 Nov. 1704.
Holland, Thos., Fleet-st., 23 Sept. 1707.
Holaday, Ed., Grafton-st., 1 Nov. 1709.
Humphrey, Jno., St. Martin's-le-Grand,
26 Jan. 1710.
Holland, Josh., Foster-la., 22 Aug. 1711.
Holland, Josh., Foster -lane, O.S., July
1720.
Holland, Jno., Foster-lane, 23 Nov. 1711.
Holland, Jno., Bishopsgate, O.S., 2 July
1720.
Hitchcock Sam., Gutter-lane, 24 Nov.
1712.
Hitchcock, Sam., Gutter-lane, O.S., 19
Oct. 1720.
Hanet, Paul, Gt. St. Andrews-street,
7 Mar. 1715.
Hanet, Paul, ditto, O.S., 24 May 1721.
Hill, Rob., St. Swithings-lane, 13 Jan.
1716.
Harris, Jno., Fostar-lane, 21 Mar. 1716.
Hanet, Paul, Great St. Andrew-street,
17 Sept. 1717.
Hudell, Rene, Green-street, 5 Mar. 1718.
Holaday, Sarah, Grafton-street, 22 July
1719.
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Hicknian, Ednid., Foster-lane, 21 Aug.
1719.
Hodgkis, Dove-court, St. Martin's, 11
Sept. 1719.
Hall, Edwd., Maiden-lane, 14 Jan. 1720.
Hall, Edwd., Maiden-lane, O.S., 14 Jan.
1720.
Hopkins, Jno., "att ye Eose and
Crown," in St. Bride's-lane, Jan. 1720.
Ditto, O.S., Jan. 1720.
Hutton, Sanil., "att ye Crown," in
Noble-street, 7 Oct. 1724.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 7 Jan. 1725.
Holaday, Sarh., Grafton-street, 15 June
1725.
Healy, Josh., Foster-lane, 19 Aug. 1725.
Healy, Josh., Foster-lane, 19 Aug. 1725.
Hatfield, Chas., "att ye Golden Ball,"
in St. Martin's-lane, 21 June 1727.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 21 June 1727.
Hutchinson, Ed., Colchester, 28 June
1727.
Hill, Caleb, ClerkenweU, 17 Sept. 1728.
Hodges, Geo., Charles-st., St. James',
N.S., 12 Sept. 1728.
Hodges, Geo., Charles-street, O.S., 12
Sept. 1728.
Hitchcock, Sam., Gutter-lane, 5 Oct.
1730.
Hindmarsh, Geo., St. Martin' s-le-
Grand, 6 July 1731.
Herbert, Hy., "3 Crowns," Lester
Fields, 18 Jan. 1734.
Hutton, Sam., "att the Hat and
Feather," in Goswell-st., 15 May 1734.
Harwood, Jno., Basing-lne., 29 Julyl734.
Hill, Ann, Albermarle-street, July 1734.
Hebert, Hy., Lester Fields, 24 Dec. 1735.
Hindmarsh, Geo., Blackfriars, Dec.1735.
Hamon Lewis, Great Newport-street,
18 Mar. 1735.
Hilland, Christn., Earl-st., 20 Apr. 1736.
Hennell, David, Gutter-lane, 23 June
1736.
Hamon, Lewis, Church-street, Soho,
4 Aug. 1738.
Hayford, Dan, Bartlemy Close, 1 May
1739.
Hopkins, "Win., Hatton Garden, 25 May
1739.
Issod, Thos., Fleet-street, Apr. 1697.
Jenkins, Thos., Essex-street, Apr. 1697.
Jones, Lawrence, Old Bay ley, Apr. 1697.
Jackson, Jno., Fleet-street, Apr. 1697.
Jefferys, Sam., Wapping Old Stayres,
Apr. 1697.
Issod, Joyce, Fleet-street, Apr. 1697.
Jones, Ed., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Ironside, Ed., Lumbard-st., Apr. 1697.
Juson, Wm., Foster-lane, 6 July 1704.
Jennings, Ed., Tower-street, Seven
Dials, 26 Jan. 1709.
Johnson, Glover, Junr., Maiden-lane,
4 Aug. 1712.
Johnson, Glover, Junr., Maiden-lane,
O.S., 27 June 1720.
Jackson, Chas., Cannon-street, 2 Apr.
1714.
Jackson, Chas., Cannon-street, O.S.,
6 July 1720.
Jay, Hen., Ball -alley, Lombard-street,
July 1720.
Jones, Jno., Foster-lane, 5 Dec. 1719.
Jennings, Ed., Little Britain, 30 June
1720.
Jennings, Ed., Little Britain, O.S.,
1 July 1720.
East, Jno. (see letter E), 24 May 1721.
Jolland, Anthony, Staining-lane, 27
Jan. 1721.
Jones, Geo., Foster-lane, 19 Feb. 1724.
Jones, Jno., Maiden-lane, N.S., 27 Mar.
1723.
Jones, Jno., Maiden-lane, O.S., 27 Mar.
1723.
Jouet, Simon, Maiden-lane, Mar. 1723.
Johnson, Mary, Noble-st., 17 Aug. 1727.
Impey, Dike, Staining-lane, Aug. 1727.
Jones, Jno., Eotherhithe, 24 Mar. 1729.
Jenkins, Jas., Gutter-lane, 26 Apr. 1731.
Justis, Wm., Staining-lane, Apr. 1731.
Jones, Jno., St. Martin' s-le-Grand, "att
the Eose and Crown," 3 Jan. 1733.
Jacob, Jno., Heming's-row, 3 May 1734.
Impey, Dike, Noble-steeet, 6 Apr. 1736.
Jackson, Thos., Noble-st., 7 Dec. 1736.
Jenkins, Jas., Aldersgate, 15 Jan. 173S.
K.
Keatt, Wm., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Keatt, Wm., East Smitlifield, Apr. 1697.
Kirke, Jonah, Cannon-street, Apr. 1697.
Keble, Eobt., Forster-lane, 14 July 1710.
Kempton. Eobt., Foster-lane, 12 June
1710.
176
Keigwin, Jno., Snow-hill, 31 Aug. 1710.
Kilhnaine, David, Snow-hill, 14 Sept.
1715.
King, Jeremiah, Carey-lane, 11 Sept.
1723.
King, Jeremiah, Carey-lane, O.S., 11
Sept. 1723.
Kandler, Chas. ") St. Martin's-lane, 29
Murray, Jas. ) Aug. 1727.
Murray, J. and") St. Martin's-lane, O.S.,
Kandler, Ch. j 29 Aug. 1727.
Kandler, Chas., St. Martin's-lane, 29
Aug. 1727, N.S.
Kidney, Wm,, 6 Bells-court, Foster-lane,
7 June 1734.
Kandler, Fred., German-st., O.S., St.
James's, 10 Sept. 1735.
Ditto, ditto, N.S.
King, Jeremiah, Foster-la,, 5 June 1736.
Langlois, Jas. B,, St. Andrew's-st., 6
Apr. 1738.
Ley, Timothy, Fenchurch-st., Apr. 1697.
Lock, Natl., Cripplegate, 24 Jan. 1698.
Ladyman, Jno., Shert»orn-lan.,Apr. 1697.
Laughton, Jno., Maiden-lane, Apr. 1697.
Lofthouse, Seth, Bishopsgate, Ap. 1697.
Leach, Jno., Distaff-lane, Apr. 1697.
Lambe, Jnthn., "On London Bridge,"
Apr. 1697.
Leeke, Ralph, Covent-garden, Apr, 1697.
Ltikin, Wm., Gutter -lane, 31 July 1699.
Lewis, Geo., New Exchange, Strand,
22 Dec. 1699.
Lee, Saml., Newgate-st., 14 Aug. 1701.
Lee, Sam., Newgate-st., O.S., 1 July
1720.
Lovell, Eobt,, Maiden-lane, 8 Mar. 1702.
Liger, Isaac, Heming's-row, 2 Oct. 1704.
Li°'er, Isaac, Heming's-row,O.S., 5 Sept.
1720.
Lofthouse, Mattw., Temple-bar, 28 June
1705.
Lofthouse, Mattw., Temple-bar, O.S.,
26 Jan. 1721.
Lea, Sam., Hemming' s-row, O.S., 12
Dec. 1721.
De Lamerie, Paul.Windmill-street, near
the Haymarket, 5 Feb. 1712.
Lambe, Geo., Heming's-row, 10 June
1713.
Looker, "Wm., Carey-lane, 12 June 1713.
Looker, Wm., St. Anne's-lane, O.S., 6
July 1720.
Ludlow, Jno., Without Aldgate, 15 Oct.
1713.
Ludlow, Jno., Ball-alley, Lumber-st.,
O.S., 22 June 1720.
Langford, Thos., Lumbard-st., 25 Mar.
1715.
Ley, Petley, Within Aldgate, 30 June
1715.
Lingard, Jno., Maiden -lane, 10 Jan. 1719.
Lingard, Jno., Fish-st., 28 June 1718.
Lingard, Jno., Maiden-lane, O.S., 10
Jan. 1719.
Lambe, Jane, Shandos-
1729.
O.S., June
Lambe, Jane, Shandos-st., N.S., Jan.
1719.
Le Sage, Jno., Old-st., 26 July 1722.
Lukin, Wm., Strand, 10 June 1725.
Laroche, Louis, "Lomber Cow," 19
Nov. 1725, corner of Seven Dials.
Lucas, Kobt., Lombard-st., 13 Mar.
1726.
Laundry, Sam.,Gutter-lane, 20 Oct. 1727.
Laundry, Sam.,Gutter-lane, 20 Oct. 1727
Liger, Jno., "at ye sign of ye Pearl,"
in Heming's-row, 9 Dec. 1730.
Lofthouse, Mary, Maiden-lane, 30 Mar.
1731.
Larmdry, Sam., and Griffith, Jeffy., in
Staining-lane, 2 June 1731.
De Lamerie, Paul, " att ye Golden Ball,"
Windmill-st., St. James's, O.S., 17
Mar. 1732.
M.
Matthew, Wm., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Matthew, Wm., George-alley, Lombard-
street, Apr. 20, 1700.
Madden, Matt., Lumbard-st., Apr. 1697.
Moore, Andw., Bridewell, Apr. 1697.
Middleton, Wm., Leadenhall-st., Apr.
1697.
Mettayer, Lewis, in Pell Mell, 18 Dec.
1700.
Mettayer, Lewis, in Pall Mall, O.S., 26
Aug. 1720.
Masham, Willoughby, Newgate-st., 24
May 1701.
Madden, Jnthn., Lombard-st., 2 Dec.
1702.
Margas, Jacob, St. Martin's-lane, 19
Aug. 1706.
Mathew, Mary, George-alley, 28 May
1707.
Matthew, Jno., Ball-alley, 13 Sep. 1710.
Malyn, Isaac, Gutter-lane, 24 Nov. 1710
177
Mouutt'ort, Hezh., Eed Lion-court, 15
Jan. 1711.
Mathew, Wm., Minories, 17 Mar. 1711.
Mathew, Wm., Minories, O.S., 20 June
1720.
Mann, Thos., Foster-lane, 25 Nov. 1713.
Mann, Thos., Foster-lane, O.S., 1 July
1720.
Miller, Henry, Bow-lane, 14 July 1714.
Miller, Henry, Noble-street, O.S., 4 July
1720.
Margas, Saml., St. Martin's -lane, 14
Feb. 1714.
Margas, Saml., King-st., Co vent-garden,
O.S., 8 Mar. 1720.
Morson, Jas., Foster-lane, 17 Oct. 171G.
Morson, Jas., Foster-lane, O.S., 20 June
1720.
Mason, Tlios., Sherborn-lane, 19 Nov.
1716.
Mason, Tlios., Sherborn-lane, O.S.,1 July
1720.
Millington, Jno., Butcherhall-lane, 22
Sept. 1718.
Millinsjton, Jno., ditto, O.S., 23 June
1720.
Motherbv, Jno., " Bullingmouth-st.,"
22 Feb. 1718.
Morse, Thos., "at ye Spotted Dog," in
Loinber-street, 5 Sept. 1718.
Morse, Thos., ditto, O.S., Sept, 1720.
Marias, Jacob, St, Martin's-lane, O.S.,
Sept. 1720.
Maitland, Jas., "The Grasshopper,"
corner of Siiffolk-st., June 1728.
fwivi] Matthews, Wm., Clerkenwell, June 1728.
Montgomerv, Jno., Cambridge-st., Feb.
1729.
Maidman, Ealph, Noble-st., 31 May 1731.
Merry, Thos., St. John-st., 1 Sept. 1731.
Mason, Thos., Shereborn-lane, 28 Sept.
1733.
Manners, Jas., "att ye Eose," in ye
Strand, 26 Apr. 1734.
Mann, Thos., Clerkenwell, 29 Nov. 1736.
Mowden, David, " The Crown and Seal,"
in Noble-street, 12 Mar. 1738.
Martin, Chas., " at ye Eose and Crown
in Field-lane, 23 Jan. 1729.
Millington, Jno., Bishops°ate, 18 June
1728.
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Nelme, Anty., Ave Mary -lane Apr. 1697. I
Nelme, Fras., ditto, 20 Mar. 1722.
Nightingale, Eich., Shoe-lane, Apr. 1697. !
Newton, Jnthn., Lad-lane, 17 Oct. 1711. j
Newton, Jnthn., Lumbar d-st., 1 May
1718,
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Newtou, Jno., Lumbard-st.. O.S., 6 Aug.
1720.
Nash, Bowles, St. Martin's-le-Grand, 7
Mar. 1720.
Nash, Bowles, ditto, O.S., 7 June 1721.
Nicholl, Michl., Staining-lane, 4 Apr.
1723.
Newton, Jno., Staining-lane, Apr. 1726.
Nash, Gawen, Wood-st., 23 Nov. 1726.
0.
Overing, Chas., Carey-lane, Apr. 1697.
Oyle, Philip, Cheapside, 9 Oct. 1699.
Owen, Wm., Cheapside, O.S., 14 Mar.
1723.
Owing, Jno., Noble-st., 6 Jan. 1724.
Ditto, ditto, 20 Feb. 1725.
De Oliveyra.Abni., St. Helen's, Bishops-
gate-st., n.d. 1725.
P.
Parr, Thos., Wood-street, Apr. 1697.
Parr, Sarah, Cheapside, O.S., 1720.
Penford, Jno., Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
Penstone, Wm., Foster -lane, Apr. 1697.
Pyne, Benj., St. Martin's-le-Grand, Apr.
1697.
Pvne, Benj., St, Martin's-le-Grand, Apr.
1697.
Penstone, Hv., Gracechurch-st., Apr.
1697.
Pincking, Israel, St. James-st., Apr.
1697.
Peake, Eobt., Noble-st., Apr. 1697.
Pearce, Jas., Newgate-st., 22 Apr. 1698.
Paillet, Mark, Hemming's-row, 22 Apr.
1698.
Porter, Jno., Strand, 21 Oct. 169S.
Petley, Wm., Blowbladder-st., 16 June
1699.
Platel, Pierre, in Pall Mall, 2S June
[gp Player, Gabriel, Eatcliff, 3 Aug. 1700.
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Prockter, Edmd., St. Aim s-lane, S Oct.
1700.
Pantin, Saml., St. Martin's-lane, 23 June
1701.
Payne, Hvunphrev, Gutter-lane. 3 Dec.
1701.
Ditto, ditto, n.d.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., n.d., 1720
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Pickering, Matt., Mugwell-st., 23 Sept.
1703.
Phillips, Jno., Foster-lane, 13 Feb. 1717.
Pearce, Edind., Strand, New Exchange,
1 Feb. 1704.
Pearce, Edmd., ditto, O.S.,28 July 1720.
Peele, Thos., Jewin-st., 2 Mar. 1704.
Petrij, Jean, Pall Mall, 21 Nov. 1707.
Prichard, Thos., Drury-lane, 30 Nov.
1709.
Pearson, Win., Ball-alley, 21 Jan. 1710.
Pearson, Win,, Ball-alley, O.S., 24 Jan.
1720.
Peacock, Edwd., Strand, 14 Nov. 1710.
Port, Thos., Queen-st., 3 June 1713.
Plymley, Fras., Nicholas-lane, 12 Oct. !
1715.
Pearson, Wm„ Ball-alley, 21 May 1717.
Petley, Wm., Blowbladder-st., 22 July
1717.
Parr, Thos., Cheapside, 19 Aug. 1717.
Pero, Jno., Strand, 24 Aug. 1717.
Pantin, Simon, Castle-st., 16 Sept. 1717.
Penstone, Win., Foster -lane, 4 Oct. 1717.
Paradise, Win., Lad-lane, 7 July 1718.
Phillip, Phillis, Cannon-st., 20 Feb. 1720.
Ditto, ditto, O.S., 24 July 1720.
Paradise, Wni., Lad-lane, O.S., 24 June
1720.
Petley, Win., Blowbladder-st., O.S., 24
June 1720.
Pantin, Simon, Castle-st., O.S., 30 June
1720.
Pilleau, Pere, Chandois-st., 30 June 1720.
Peacock, Ed., no address, 5 Sept. 1724.
Price, Harvey, Wine-st., now Flower-
de-Luce-court, 10 Feb. 1726.
Perier, Chas., Macclesfield-st,, 6 Jan.
1727-
Perier, Chas., ditto, O.S.,6 Jan. 1727.
Pocock, Ed., Foster-lane, 11 Dec. 1728.
Pantin, Simon, Jr., Castle-st., 4 Feb.
1729.
Pages, Fras., Orange-st., 4 Feb. 1729.
Pargeter, Ed., Fetter-lane, 13 Oct. 1730.
Pantin, Simon, Jr., Green-st., 23 Feb.
1731.
Perier, Chas., King-st., Covent-garden,
21 June 1731.
Pero, Jno., Sutfolk-st., 23 Nov. 1732.
Parr, Thos., Cheapside, 9 Feb. 1733.
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Pantin, Lewis, Castle-st., 21 Mar. 1733.
Pantin, Mary, Green-st., 14 Aug. 733.
Pollock, Jno., Longacker, 16 Oct, 1734.
Platsl, Phillip, "Black Moor's head,"
corner of York-bdgs., Strand, 25 Nov.
1737.
Pye, Thos., Carey-lane, 17 July 1738.
Pertt, Bob., Newgate-st., 21 July 1738.
Pont, Jno., Staining-lane, 19 Mar. 1739.
Potts, Thos., Bolt-court, Fleet-st., 26
Feb. 1728.
K.
Roberts, Hugh, Newgate-st., Apr. 1697.
Eeadshaw, Josh., "att ye Golden Ball "
in St. Ann's-lane, Apr. 1697.
Buslen, Jno., " att ye Golden Cup" in
Swithin's-lane, Apr. 1697.
Roman, Ann, Water-lane, Apr. 7.
Boode, Alex., Cannon-st., Apr. 1697.
Baven, Andw., St. Martin's-le-Grand
Apr. 1697.
Bolles, Phil., Strand, Apr. 1697.
Biley, Chris., Strand, Apr. 1697.
Boker, Phil., Sherborne-lane, Apr. 1697.
Bead. Jno., and Sleamaker, Dan., Law-
rence Pountney-lane, 17 Oct. 1701.
Biissell, Abm., St. Ann's-lane, 24 July
1702
Band, Jno., Lombard-st., 13 Jan. 1704.
Bead, Jno., Lawrence-Pountney-lane,
22 July 1704.
Bolles, Phil., Jr., Strand, 20 Aug. 1705.
EoUes, Phil., Strand, O.S., 28 Sept. 1720.
Bainaud, Phil., Siiffolk-st., 14 Feb. 1707.
Bainaud, P., ditto, O.S., 26 Oct. 1720.
Boe, Ebenezer, Maiden-la., 20 May, 1709.
Boode, Gundry, Stayning-lane, 1 Mar.
1709.
Boode, Gundry, ditto, O.S.,21Mayl721.
Bood, Jas., Bow-lane, 27 Oct. 1710.
Boe, Nat., Foster-lane, 1710.
Baine. Bichd., Fleet-st., 21 June 1712.
Bobinson, Phil., Fleet-st., 10 Mar. 1713.
Boker, Phil., Long Acker, 7 Apr. 1720.
Boker, Phil., ditto, O.S., 17 Aug. 1720.
Bood Mary, Maiden -lane, n.d., 1720.
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Eood, Mary, Maiden-lane, O.S., 2 Dec.
1721.
Eobinson, Phil., Fleet-street, 29 Apr.
1723.
Eichardson, Jno., Gutter-lane, 8 July
1723.
Eichardson, Jno., Gutter-lane, O.S.,
8 July 1723.
Eobinson Jonhn., "att ye sign of the
Golden Crown," Orange-st., 4 Nov.
1723.
Eobinson, Jonhn., ditto, O.S., ditto.
Eiboulan, Isaac, St. Martin's-lane, 16
July 1714.
Eiboulau, Isaac, Ditto, O.S., 1720.
Eush, Thos., " att ye Acorne," Fetter-
lane, 25 Nov. 1724.
Eeeve, Win., " Blaclnnoors Head,"
Minories, 14 May 1731.
Eongent Etienne, "ye Golden Cup,"
St. Anne's, Soho, n.d., 1731.
Eoode Gundry, Golden-lane, 9 Sept. 1737.
Eobinson, Jno., Porter-street, Soho, 9
Feb. 1738.
S.
yS 0 Sutton, Jno., Lombard-st., Apr. 1697.
E5f3 Spackman, Jno., Charing Cross, Apr.
1697.
^} Scarlett, Wm, Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
rSF] Scarlett, Wm., Foster-lane, O.S., 29
^ June 1720.
@) Stokes, Jos., Southwark, Apr. 1697.
Singleton, Fras., Foster -lane, Apr. 1697.
Syngin, Eichd., Carey -lane, Apr. 1697.
tStockar, Jno., Strand, 1 July 1710.
Smith, Jno., Holbourn, 1 July 1710.
Sheene, Jos., Lombard-st., July 1710.
{j^j] Snelling, Jno., Holbourn, Apr. 1697.
§M) Smithsend, Jno., Minories, Apr. 1697.
jsfp Shepherd, Jno., Gutter-lane, Apr. 1697.
<^^> Sheene, Alice, Lombard-st., 29 Apr. 1700.
Spackman, Thos., Foster -lane, 25 May
1700.
Smith, Saml., Swething-lane, 27 Sept.
1700.
Sadler, Thos., Foster-lane, 25 Aug. 1701.
Sadler, Thos., ditto, O.S., n.d., 1720.
Spring, Wm., Strand, 30 Aug. 1701.
Ditto, ditto, 1701.
Sleamaker, Dan., Swethings-lane, 15
Aug. 1704.
Stockar, Jno. M., aud Peacock, Edwd.,
in the Strand, 20 Oct. 1705.
Stevenson, Ambrose, Barbican, 1 Feb.
1706.
Stevenson, Amb., ditto, O.S., 22 June
1720.
Sleath, Gabriel, Gutter-lane, 14 Mar.
1708.
Sleath, Gab., ditto, O.S., 17 June 1720.
Smith, Jos., Foster-lane, 11 Apr. 1707.
Sutton, Thos., Mugwell-st., 7 Jan. 1711.
Seabrook, Jas., Wood-st., 11 Oct. 1714.
Seabrook, Jas., ditto, O.S., 22 July 1720.
Spackman, Wm., Lilypot-lane, 1 Nov.
1714.
Street, Wm., Staining-lane, 28 Feb. 1717.
Street, Wm., ditto, O.S., 23 Jime, 1720.
Sanders, Jno., Oring-street, 5 July 1717.
Le Sage, Jno. Hugh, Long Acre, 11
Oct. 1718.
Shermer, Thos., Foster-lane, 12 Sept.
1717.
Smith, Jas., Foster-lane, 22 Apr. 1718.
Smith, Jas., ditto, O.S., 23 Aug. 1720.
Saunders, Hugh, St. Bride' s-lane, 23
June, 1718.
Scarlett, Eichd., Foster-lane-, 24 Sept.
1719.
Scarlett, Ed., ditto, O.S., 24 June, 1720.
Smith, Saml., Gutter-lane, 26 Sept, 1719.
Steward, Jos., Maiden-lane, 7 Nov. 1719.
Steward, Jos., ditto, O.S., 7 Sept. 1720.
Sanders, Jno., no address, O.S., 27 June
1720.
Smith, Jno., Little Britten, 6 Jidy 1720.
Spackman, Wm., Lillypot-lane, O.S., 14
July 1720.
Squire, Geo., "att ye Golden Ansel," in
Fleet-street, 15 Sept. 1720.
Squire, Geo., ditto, O.S., 25 Nov. 1720.
Spring, Hugh, Forstar-lane, 22 Dec.
1721.
Scarlett, Wm., Foster-lane, 25 Sept. 1722.
Spring, Hugh, Forstar-lane, 27 Oct. 1722.
Soame, Wm., Friday-street, 19 Jan. 1723.
Soame, Wm., ditto, n.d. 1723.
Scarlett, Eichd., Foster-lane, 11 Sept.
1723.
Spackman, Wm., no address, 172 J.
Spackman, Wm., ditto, n.d., 1723.
Simon, Peter, Earl-street, 14 May 1725.
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Simon Peter, Earl-street, 14 May 1725.
Scarlett, Win., Poster-lane, 18 Oct. 1725.
Soaine, Win., Cheapside, 23 Aug. 1732.
Slater, Jas., Great Trinety-lane, 1732.
Shaw, Win., Gerrard-street, 16 Jan. 1727.
Smith, Jos., Clerkenwell, 3 May 1728.
Shaw, Wm., Gerrard-street, 16 Jan. 1728.
Savage, Jas., Fetter-lane, 23 May 1728.
Sanders, Benj., Staining-lane, 1 Apr.1737.
Spilsbury, Pras., Poster-lane, 24 July
1729.
Sanders, Jos., Carey-lane, 7 Dec. 1730.
Smith, Geo., Gutter-lane, 28 Feb. 1732.
Sprage, Chas., Chapel-court, 4 Feb. 1734.
Shruder, Jas., Wardour-street, 1 Aug.
1737.
Soame, Wm., Cheapside, 11 Feb. 1738.
T.
Townsend, Edmd., Cripplegate, Apr.
1697.
Timbrell, Bobt., Sherborne-lane, Apr.
1697.
Timbrell, Bob., Sherborne-lane,Apr.l697.
Traherne, Ben., St. Martin' s-lane, Apr.
1697.
Titterton, Geo., Temple Bar, Apr. 1697.
Thorne, Sam., Cannon-street, Apr. 1697.
Thriscross, Smithfield Bars, Apr. 1697.
Tiffin, Jno., Watling-st., 12 May 1701.
Twell, Wm., Gutter-lane, 28 Mar. 1709.
Turner, Fras., St. Ann's-lane, 5 Apr.
1709.
Turner, Fras., ditto, O.S., 5 Aug. 1720.
Turbitt, Wm., Foster-lane, 7 July 1710.
Truss, Wm., Foster-lane, 7 July 1710.
Tanqueray, D., Green-st., 23 Dec. 1713.
Tanqueray, D., Pall Mall, O.S., 12 Aug.
1720.
Tanqueray, Ann, ditto, 1720.
Tearle, Thos., Foster-lane, 9 Feb. 1719.
Tearle, Thos., Foster-lane, O.S., 30 June
1720.
Turner, Ed., St. Ann's-lane, 25 Feb. 1720.
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Truss, Wm., Reading, 22 Sept. 1721.
Truss, Wm., ditto, O.S., 1721.
Tuite, Jno., Blackfriars, removed to
Litchfield-street, O.S., n.d., 1721.
Tabart, Peter, Wendisau (Windsor),
N.S., 7 July 1725.
Tabart, Peter, ditto, O.S., 1725.
Toone, Wm., Cripplegate, 3 Nov. 1725.
Tayler, Jno, Gutter-lane, 6 June 1728.
Tayler, Jno., ditto, 14 Jan. 1734.
Townsend, Thos., St. Martin's-lane,
Sept. 1738.
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Williams, Chas., Lamb-aUey, Apr. 1697.
[Wjj Williams, C, ditto, Apr. 1697.
(Vv|) West, Matw., Foster -lane, Apr. 1697.
JWj] Willaume, David, Pall Mall, Apr. 1697.
(Wjj\) Ward, Jos., Water-lane, Apr. 1697.
Wimans, Foster-lane, Apr. 1697.
tWimans, ditto, Apr. 1697.
Watts, Benjn., Carey-lane, 21 Nov. 1698.
fj$E\ Watts, Ben., ditto, O.S., "att the
IBw] Golden Snail," Fleet-st. 7 Sept. 1720.
t Walsh, White, no address, 25 Nov. 1698.
Wastell, Sam., Finch-lane, 20 Oct. 1701.
h aa? Waterhouse, Thos., Silver-street, 22
July 1702.
(\AA) Warham, Wm., Shear-lane, 12 Nov. 1703.
f^p] Wisdom, Jno., Watlin-st., 17 June 1704.
c^Vi Warham, Wm., Jr., Chancery-lane, 7
Apr. 1705.
($$*\ Wall, Thos., Lombard-street, 25 Sept.
1708.
Wethered, Jas., Catherine-street, 2-4
Ivtt'l Sept. 1709.
(VVci) Watts, Ed., Maden-lane, 10 Feb. 1710.
{j|^rj Watts, Ed., Gutter-lane, O.S., 24 June
(WiJ WUliams, Ed., Gutter-lane, 11 Apr. 1712.
^Ve) Welder, Sam., Gutter-lane, 11 Aug. 1714.
RNTT] Wilford, Starling, ditto, 17 Jan. 1717.
(^W) Ditto, ditto, O.S., 30 Jan. 1720.
[Wj[] Wisdom, Jno., Watling-st., 7 Aug. 1717.
fwfr] Ward, Jos., St. Paul's Church Yard,
19 Sept, 1717.
@e) Welder, Sam., Gutter-lane, 30 Sept. 1717,
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White, Jno., Arundale-st., 10 Dec. 1719.
White, Juo., ditto, O.S., 4 Jan. 1724.
Willaume, David, St. James', O.S., 27
July 1720.
Welder, Sainl., "Oxford City," Gutter-
lane, O.S., 28 July 1720.
Wisdome, Jno., Watling-street, O.S.,
26 Aug. 1720.
Wright, Thos., Maiden-lane, 6 Sept. 1721.
Wickes, Geo., Threedneedle-street, 3
Feb. 1721, N.S.
Wickes, Geo., ditto, O.S., 3 Feb. 1721.
Wood, Ed., Puddle Dock, 18 Aug. 1722.
Wood, Ed., ditto, 1722.
Wilks, Jas., Golden-lane, 31 Dec. 1722.
Williams, Eobt., "att ye Golden Uni-
coru," King-street, Westminster,
2 Oct. 1726.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Weir, Geo., Hemings-row, 27 July 1727.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Willaume, David, St. James'-street,
2 Apr. 1728.
Willaume, David, ditto, 2 Apr. 1728.
Wichehaller, Deptford, 2 Apr. 1728, 0.S.
Wilkes, Jas., St. Mary Ax, 2 Apr. 1728.
Wilford, Starling (Livin in Sene Pulkas
Parshe), 22 Apr. 1729.
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Welder, Sam., Foster-laue, 1 Oct. 1729.
Woodward, Win., Feuchurch-street,
20 Aug. 1731.
Wood, Sam., Gutter-lane, 3 July 1733.
Walker, Bowyer, "near the two
pumps," in St. Thomas', Southwark,
10 Apr. 1735.
Weekes, Geo., Panton-st., 30 June 1735.
Wood, Ed., Carey-lane, 26 Aug. 1735.
West, Ben., Carey-lane, 14 Jan. 1737.
Whipham, Thos., Foster-lane, 20 June
1737.
Wilks, Dennis, Old-street, 29 Sept. 1737.
Wood, Sam., Gutter-lane, 29 Sept. 1737.
West, Win., Lester Fields, 8 Aug. 1738.
Yorke, Edwd., Holborn, 3 July 1705.
Yerbury, Danl., Bread-st., 29 Feb. 1715.
Young, Geo., Glasshouse-street, O.S.,
18 Mar. 1722.
Yorke, Edw., King-street, Westminster,
O.S., 26 Nov. 1730.
Young, Win., St. Andrews-street, O.S.,
31 Mar. 1735.
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Charing Cross, 31 Mar. 1735.
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Abercromby, Bob., St. Martin's-le-
Grand, 23 June 1739.
Ditto, ditto.
Archambo, Peter, "att ye Golden cup,"
in Coventry-street, 27 June 1739.
Aldridge, Ed., Lilly pot-lane, 29 June
1739 ; removed to Foster-lane, 20 Apr.
1743.
Allen, Jos., and Fox, Mordecai, "att ye
Sun, ' St. Swithin's-lane, 21 Aug. 1739.
Ashley Jereh., Green-st., 12 Nov. 1740.
Alexander, Wm., "att ye Anchor and
Key," Wood-street, 15 Mar. 1742.
Andrews, Bob., Gutter-lane, 8 Nov. 1745.
Archambo, Peter, and Meure, Peter,
" att ye Golden Cup," Coventry-street,
18 Jan. 1749.
Alderhead, Jno., Bishopsgate, 23 Apr.
1750.
Aldridge, Ed., and Stamper, Jno., no
address, 20 July 1753.
Annesley, Arthur, Heathcock-street,
23 Mar. 1758.
Ardesoif, Stepn,, Fountaiu-ct,. Strand,
14 Sept. 1756.
Barbitt, J., New-street, Covent Garden,
18 June 1739.
Bayley, Rd„ Foster -lane, 19 June 1739.
Beale, Ed., Henrietta-st., 22 June 1739.
Boothby, Geo., " The Parrot," at Temple
Bar, 22 June 1739.
Bennett, Peter, Goswell-st., 22 Junel739.
Bryan, Jno., Bunhill-row, 22 June 1739.
Barbe, Jno., West-street, Seven Dials,
25 June 1739.
Ditto, St. Andrew's-street, 1742.
Brown, Eobt., Piccadilly, 26 June 1739.
Bennett, Ed., on London Bridge. 28 June
1739.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Bennett Bradshaw and Co.
Chapel, 2 July 1739.
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den, 2 July 1739.
Barrett, Juo., Fether's-court, Holborn,
5 June 1739.
Bruguier, Phil., Martin-st., 12 July 1739.
Ditto, "att the Star," Bedford-st.,
22 Jan. 1752.
Bamford, Thos., Foster-la., 18 July 1739.
Bates, Hen., Widegate-st., 19 July 1739.
Berthellot, Jno., Peter-st., Holborn, 26
July 1739.
Ditto, Long-lane, 23 Mar. 1741.
Bellassyse, Chas.,Eagle-st.,Lyon-square,
21 July 1740.
Brind, Hen., Foster -lane, 6 May 1742.
Betham, Jas., Staning-lane, 6 Dec. 1743.
Bates, Sam., Foster-lane, 6 Mar. 1744.
B agnail, Win., West Sinithfield, 6 June
1744.
Baskerville. Geo., Cock-ct., 26 July 1745.
Barker, Jos., Strand, 17 Apr., 1746.
Berthellot, Jno., Cow-cross, 30 Nov.1750.
Brind, Walter, Foster-lane, 7 Feb. 1749.
Bindon, Geo., Theobald's-ct., 13 Dec.
1749.
Brind, Walter, Foster-lane, 11 Oct. 1757.
Bailey, Henry, Foster -lane, 14 June 1750.
Baker, Geo., Bell-ct., Foster-la., 31 July
1750.
Bayley, Jno., Wood-st., 21 Mar. 1751.
Brodier, Mat., Newport-alley, 11 Apr.
1751.
Beare, Thos., Drury-lane, 18 Dec. 1751.
Bond, Wni., Foster-lane, 31 July 1753.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Bond, Wm., and Phipps, Jno., Foster-
lane, 3 May 1754.
Buttall, Sarah, Minories, 10 May 1754.
Butcher, Wm., Boshagate-st., 20 Jan.
1755.
Baskerville, Geo., and Sampel, Wm.,
Clare-market, 27 Jan. 1755.
Brewood, Ben., Gough-sq.., 9 Aug. 1755.
Beezley, Thos., London-wall, 4 Dec. 1755.
Bennett, Ed., Jun., on London-bridge, 26
Jun. 1756.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Black, Louis, Haymarket, 11 Dec. 1761.
Bell, Jos., Carey-st., 25 Oct. 1756.
Bell, David, Ironmonger-row, 30 Nov.
1756.
Barry, Jno., Paternoster-row, 25 Mar.
1758.
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Bennett, Ed., Jun., Tueley-st., 7 July
1758.
Bumfris, Thos., and Jackson, Orlando.
Little Trinity-lane, 6 May 1766.
G.
Callard, Isaac, "at ye Crown" in Tat-
num-court-road, 20 June 1739.
Cartwright. Ben., "at ye Crown and
Pearl," Bartholomew-close, 20 June
1739.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Coker, Ebenezer, Clerkenwell, 25 June
1739.
Clark, Chas., Bunhill-row, 7 July 1739.
Crespin, Paul, "att ye Golden Ball,"
Compton-st., Soho, 4 Jidy 1739.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto, N.S., 4 July 1740.
Courtauld, Augn. Shandois-st., 6 July
Ca^k Jno" Brid8'water-gardens, 8 Mar.
1740.
Ck^rtier, DanL, Heming's-row, 23 Mar.
l£c| Cai75id' Pau1, Kiu8'-st-. Soho, 8 Jan.
(iX) Cafe, Jno., Foster-lane, 21 Aug. 1740.
Cafe, Jno., Foster-lane, 13 Dec. 1742.
f&2 C^esterman, Chas., Clare-market, 6 July
Crump, Fras., Newcastle-st., 9 Nov. 1741.
J-C^R) Ditto> ditto> 9 Nov- 1750-
Cachart, Elias, LongAcker, 17 June 1742.
Cripps, Wm., "att ye Crown and Golden
Ball," Compton-st., 31 Aug. 1743.
Courtauld, Sam., Shandois-st., 6 Oct.
1746.
jjcj Carlton, Thos., Old Bailey, 22 June 1744.
{^gj Carman, Jno., New-st., 4 July 1748.
[EC) Ditto, Holborn, 30 Sept. 1752.
■Q-Q Cooper, Ben., Burmingham, 27 Feb. 1748.
Campar, Geo., Cripplegate, 7 Nov. 1749.
Cox, Eobt., Albin, Fetter-lane, 10 July
1752. J
Ditto, Little Britain, 17 Dec. 1755.
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ditto,
ditto.
Chesterman, Chas., Carey-lane, 2 Oct.
1752.
[gc] Corry, Hen., Aldersgate-st. 6 Apr. 1754.
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Collins, J., Hind-et., Fleet-st., 17 May
1754.
Collier, Thos., Foster-lane, 5 July 1751.
Caldecott, Win., Silver-st., 8 Mar. 1756.
Crump, Fras., Gutter-lane, 26 Mar. 1756.
Cartwright, Ben., "at ye King's Arms
and Snuffers" in ye Strand, 7 Sept.
1756.
Congreve, Thos., Borough, 18 Sept. 1756.
Crespin, Paul, Compton-st., 22 Jan. 1757.
Cafe, Win., Gutter -lane, 16 Aug. 1757.
Cripps, Mark, "at ye Golden Ball," St.
James'-st., 25 Apr. 1767.
D.
Daintrey, Marmaduke, Noble-st., 20
June 1739.
Ditto, Crown, Old-st., 30 May 1717.
Dupont, Lewis, Compton-st., 2 Jidy 1739.
Duke, Isaac, Witch-street, Drury-lane,
15 June 1743.
Dowdall, Ed., Clerkenwell, 6 Dec. 1748.
Daniell, Jabez, Carey-lane, 28 July 1749.
Doweall, Ed., Clerkenwell, 8 Nov. 1751.
Du'tton, Hy., Green-st., 16 Dec. 1754.
Dobson, Prior, and Williams, Pater-
noster-row, 10 Feb. 1755.
Delmestre, Jno., Whitechapel, 12 May
1755.
Dobson, Ed., Fleet-st., 9 Sept. 1755.
Doxsey, Thos., Bishopsgate-st., 16 Dec.
1756.
Darvill, Ed., Watling-st., 23 Mar. 1757.
Davis, Tompson, Holborn, 30 Nov. 1757.
Ditto,
ditto,
ditto.
Davis, Theophilus, "at ye sign of ye
Handpen," King-st., Seven Dials, 17
Apr. 1758.
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Eckford, Jno., Red Cross-st., 20 Jime
1739.
Edwards, Griffith, Hemlock-ct., 4 July
1739.
England, Thos., Fleet-ditch, 30 July 1739.
Edwards, Jno., Swithin's-lane, 9 Aug.
1739.
Ditto, ditto, 1 Nov. 1753.
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Fossy, Jnthu., Wood-st., 15 June J 739.
Farren, Thos., Sweethiugs-lanc, 15 June
1739.
Feline, Ed., King-st., Covent-gardeu,
15 June 1739.
Le Francois, Abm., Porter-st., Soho,
1 Dec. 1740.
Fray, Jno., 3 Crown-court, 4 Jan. 1748.
Farren, Ann., Swithens-lane, 19 Dee.
1743.
Fox, Mordecai, Swithin's-lane, 21 Jan.
1746.
Feline, Magdalen, Covent-srdn., 15 May
1753.
Fueter, D. C, Chelsea, next door to the
Man in ye Moon, 8 Dec. 1753.
Fray, Jno., Field-lane, 28 Aug. 1756.
Frost, Jno, Cornhill, 30 Aug. 1757.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
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Gould, Jas., Gutter-lane, at ye Candle-
stick, 30 May 1739.
Ditto, ditto, 6 June 1743.
Gamon, Jno., Staining-lane, 15 June
1739.
Gould, Wm., Foster-lane, 15 June 1739.
Ditto, ditto, 1 June 1748.
Godfrey, Ben., Hayinarket, 18 June 1739.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Godfrey, Eliza, ditto, 29 June 1741.
Garrard, Wm., Noble-st., 21 June 1739.
Garden, Phillips, Gutter-lane, 23 June
1739.
Ditto, ditto, 29 Oct. 174S.
Gorhani, Jno., Gutter-lane, 7 Jan. 1757.
Gurney, Richd. & Co., Foster-lane, 23
June 1739.
Ditto, ditto, 30 July 1750.
Gosling, Ed., Barbican, 2S June 1739.
Ditto, Cornhill, 28 June 1739.
Gilpin, Thos., Lincoln's -inn, 2 July 1739.
Ditto, ditto, 2 July 1739.
Gamon, Dinah, Staining-lane, 6 Mar.
1740.
Gnrden, Ben., Noblest., 2 May 17 H'.
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Garden, Phillips, St. Paul's Churchyard,
18 Apr. 1751.
Ditto,
ditto,
ditto.
Gignac, Beuj., de karuer Greden Kort
(Dean's-court), 28 Feb. 1744.
Grundy, Wm., Goff-square, 24 June 1748.
Garrard, Wra., Short' s-buil dings, 26
May 1749.
Ditto, removed to Noble-st., 10 Oct. 1755.
Gould, Jas., " at ye Golden Bottle" in
Avy Mary -lane, 25 Mar. 1741.
Guichard, Louis, King-st., 6 Sept. 1748.
Goldwire, Eichd., Oxford-st., 28 Mar.
1753.
Gould, Wm., Old-st., 24 Sept. 1753.
Gillois, Pierre, Wardour-st., 20 Nov.
1754.
Gwillim, Wm., Carey -lane, 6 May 1740.
Griffin, Ben., Bond-st., 27 Jan. 1742.
Grundy, Wm., Fetter-lane, 23 Dec. 1743.
Gwillim, Wm., and Castle, Peter, Carey-
lane, 10 Sept. 1744.
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Harvey, Jno., "at the Queen's head,"
Gutter-lane, 18 June 1739.
HarwoocI, Jno,, Bunhill-row, 19 June
1739.
Hamon, Louis, Church-st.,Soho, 20 June
1739.
Hutton, Sam., Goswell-st., 21 Jan. 1740.
Hillan, Chas.," att ye Crown and Golden
Ball," Compton-st., Soho, 4 June 1741.
Hindmarsh, Geo., Glasshouse-st., 27
June 1739.
Hebert, Hen.,Lester-fields, 28 June 1739.
Ditto, "Ye Golding Hart," Dean-st.,
Soho, 22 Feb. 1747.
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Ditto,
ditto,
ditto.
Holland, Jno., Bishopsgate-st., 4 July
1739.
Hunter, Wm., King-st., Soho, 28 July
1739.
Ditto,
ditto,
ditto.
Hatfield, Chas., St. Martin's -lane, 10
Aug. 1739.
Hill, Eobt., St. Swithin's-lane, 17 Mar.
1739.
Hatfield, Susanab, St. Martin' s-lane, 14
Apr. 1740.
Hutton, Sarah, Goswell-st.,20 June 1740.
Hyatt, Jno., Little Britain, 26?Jan. 1741.
Heming, Thos., Piccadilly, 12 June 1745.
Higgiubotham, Jno., Rosemary -lane, 22
July 1745.
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Harvey, Jno., Gutter-lane, 19 Nov. 1745.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Herbert, Sam., Aldersgate-st., 3 Oct.
1747.
Hartley, Eliz., Mav's-buildings, 6 June
1748.
Hunter, Geo., Noble-st., 7 June 1748.
Haynes, Heny., Little Windmill-st.,
13 Oct. 1749.
Homer, Wm., Foster-lane, 8 Aug. 1750.
Harvey, Jno., Gutter-lane, 16 Aug. 1750.
Herbert & Co., Foster-lane, 6 Nov. 1750.
Hunter, Geo., Little Britain, 31 Oct.
1755.
Heme, Louis, and Butty, Francis, Clerk-
en well-dose, 13 July 1757.
Hyatt, Jno., andSemore, Chas., St. Mar-
tin's-le-Grand, 24 Sept. 1757.
Heriot, Jos., Gt. St. Andrew's-st., Seven
Dials, 30 June 1750.
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Jouet, Simon, "at ye White Hart" in
Foster-lane, 18 June 1739.
Ditto, ditto, 29 Feb. 1747.
Jackson, Chas., "att ye Golden cup,"
Swithens-lane, 18 June 1739.
Jacobs, Jno., Hemming's-row, 20 June
1739.
Ditto,
ditto,
ditto.
Jackson, Thos., Paternoster-row, 26
June 1739.
Jones, Geo., Greenhill, Foster-lane, 27
June 1739.
Justus, Wm., Staynin-lane, 28 June 1739.
Innes, Eobt., May's-buildings, 17 Jan
1742.
Johnson, Chas., Gunpowder-alley, 4 Aug.
1743.
Johnston, Alexander, Panton-st., 22 Jan.
1747.
Jackson, Eliz., Paternoster-row, 4 Aug.
1748, afterwards
Oldfield, Eliz., ditto.
Jeanes, Thos., Lombard-st., 14 Apr. 1750.
Johnson, Lawrence, Strand, 3 Apr. 1751.
Ibbott, Geo., Plough-court, 6 Aug. 1753.
Jones, Jas., Noble-st„ 27 May 1755.
Jay, Edwd., Strand, 15 Apr. 1757.
Jackson, Thos., Mutton-lane Clerken-
well, 30 Sept. 1769.
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Kidney, Win., Foster-lane, 15 June 1739.
King, Jeremiah, Foster-lane, 18 June
1739.
Ditto, ditto, 26 Jan. 1742.
Kandler, Fredk., Harman-street, 25June
1739.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Kineard, Jno., Orange-st., 17 Oct. 1743.
Kersill, Richd., Foster-lane, 20 Apr. 1744.
Key, Sam., Gutter-lane, 15 Oct. 1745.
Kersill, Ann, Foster-lane, 16 June 1747.
Kersill, Win, Gutter-lane, 21 Aug. 1749.
Killick, Andw., Lillypot-lane, 7 Sept.
1749.
Knopf ell, Fredk., Windmill-street, 11
April 1752.
Kentenber, Jno., and Groves, Thos.,
Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, 14 June
1757.
L.
Lucas, Robt., Bow-lane, 25 June 1739.
Luff, Jno., Pemberton-street, Gough-
square, 25 June 1739.
Le Sage, Jno. H., Great Suffolk-street,
25 June 1739.
Lee, Jere, Watling-street, 26 June 1739.
Lamerie, Paul De, Garard-street 27
June 1739.
Laroche, Louis, Lumber-ct.,31 July 1739.
Lamb, Ed., Castle-street, 31 July 1740.
Laughton, Cbas., Bedfordbury, 6 Aug.
1741.
Lawrence, Thos., Golden-lane, 24 Jan.
1742.
Le Francis, Abrm., West-street, Seven
Dials, 22 Oct. 1746.
Lampfert, Jno., Windmill-street, 12 Nov.
1748.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Lavis, Jno., Bride-lane, 19 May 1749.
Le Sage, Simon, Great Suffolk-street,
5 Apr. 1754.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Laithwait, Jno., Liverpool, 23 May 1755.
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Manners, Jas., "of ye Rose, in ye
Strand," 25 June 1739.
Mackfarlen, J., "at ye Golden Ball and
Canister," New-street, Cloth Fair,
25 June 1739.
Morris, Heny., Smithfield, 3 July 1739.
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Morris, Heny., Fleet-street, SJuly 1739.
Mason, Thos., Fish-street-Hill, 6 July
1739.
Mann, Thos., Albemarle-street, Clerk-
enwell. 13 July 1739.
McFarlane, Jessie, Cloth Fair, 31 Oct.
1739.
Morison, Jas., Bartholomew Close, 14
May 1740.
Mercer, Thos., West-street, Soho, 5 Dec.
1740.
Martin, Cha., Husband abroad, 20 Feb.
1740.
Montgomery, Jno., " The Angel," Silver-
street, 1 Sept. 1742.
Malluson, Ed., Shoe-lane, 13 June 1743.
Methuen, Geo., Hemmings-row, 3 Aug.
1743.
Marshe, Jacob, Swithings-lane, 24 Apr.
1744.
Morison, Jas., Safron Hill, 28 Nov. 1744.
Manners, Jas., Junr., Villars-street
26 Sept., 1745.
Manners, Jas., Jun., Villars-street, 26
Sept. 1745.
Mills, Hugh, Safron Hill, 14 Feb. 1745.
Meriton, Sam., "at ye Anchor," in
Huggin-alley, Wood-st., 7 July 1746.
Mackenzie, Win., Windmill-street, 29
Feb. 1748.
Medlycott, Edmd., Foster-lane, 30 June
1748.
Morris, Geo., Well-Close-square, 18 May
1750.
Montgomery, A., Cambridge-street, 27
June 1750.
Moore, Thos., London Wall, 21 Aug.
1750.
Morris, Geo., Foster-lane, 12 JiUy 1751.
Mills, Dorothy, Safron Hill, 6 Apr. 1752.
Munns, Jno., Gutter -lane, 27 Mar. 1753.
Mills, Richd., White-Horse -alley, 14
July 1755.
Moody, Willm., Berwick-street, 27 Aug.
1756
Moore, Jno., Fleet-street, 24 Jan. 1758.
N.
Nelme, Fras., Ave Mary -lane, 19 June
1739.
Newton, Jno., Maiden-lane, 21 June
1739.
[yjr] Nash, Gawen, Carey -lane, 27
June 1739.
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st., St. James's, 15 Oct. 1740.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Neville, Jno., Norris-st., 10 Apr. 1745.
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Ouvry, Lewis, New-street, Covent
Garden, 21 Aug. 1740.
De Oliveyra, Abin. Lopes, Houndsditch,
3 July 1739.
Pye, Thos., Carey -lane, 14 June 1739.
Payne, Humpy., Clieapside, 14 June
1739.
Pages, Fras., Orange-st., 18 Jan. 1739.
Parr, Thos., Cheapside, 29 June 1739.
Pilkington, Robt., Savoy, 20 June 1739.
Pero, Jno., Orange-street, 22 June 1739.
Pargeter, Richd., New-st., Shoe-lane,
22 June 1739.
Pollock, Jno., Long Acker, 26 June
1739.
Pilleau, Pere, Chandois-st., 29 June 1739.
Paltro, Jas., " at ye Golden Head," n.d.,
1739.
Pantin, Lewis, Leicester Fields, 29
June 1739.
Pero, Isabel, Orange-ct., 11 May 1741.
Peaston, Win., St. Martin's-le-Grand,
8 Jan. 1746.
Piers, Danl., Spur-street, 3 Nov. 1746.
Preist, Jno., Salisbury-court, 24 June
1748.
Portal, Abm., Rose-street, Soho, 26 Oct.
1749.
Payne, Jno., Cheapside, 13 Apr. 1751.
Pinard, Paul, Hog-lane, 12 Oct. 1751.
Plunimer, "Win., Foster-lane, 8 Apr. 1755.
Powell, Thos., St. Martin's-le-Grand,
7 May 1756.
Peaston, W. and E., ditto, 12 July 1756.
Powell, Thos., Bolt-court, 10 Feb. 1758.
Perry, Jno., Paul's-court, 23 Mar. 1757.
Piers, My., Lester Fields, 11 June, 1758.
Quantock, Jno., Huggin-alley, 30 May
1734.
Ditto, ditto, 30 May 1754.
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Rush, Thos., Aldersgate-street, 18 June
1739.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
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Roker, Phil., King-street, "Westminster
20 June 1739.
Robinson, Jno., Lester Fields, 3 July
1739.
Roby, Sam., Bell-court, Foster-lane,
18 Feb. 1740.
Roker, Jno., Bishopsgate-street, 13
Sept. 1743.
Ridout, Geo., Lombard-st., 17 Oct. 1743.
Rowe, Jno., Gutter -lane, 3 June 1749.
Richardson, Jno., Smithfield, 13 Aug.
1752.
Robertson, "Win., Porter-st., 3 Oct. 1753.
Rowe, Thos., Cannon-st., 29 Dec. 1753.
Rugg, Richd., Saffron Hill, 30 May 1754.
Rew, Robt., Greenhills Rents, 10 Aug.
1754.
Roker, Matw., Greenwich, 29 Apr. 1755.
Reynoldson, Win., St. James' Market,
12 Oct. 1757.
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Spilsbury, Fras., Foster-lane, N.S., 12
Dec. 1739.
Ditto, ditto, 15 June 1739.
Sleath, Gab., Gutter-lane, 18 June 1739.
Soame, Win., Cheapside, 20 June 1739.
Sanders, Jos., Maiden-lane, 22 June
1739.
Shruder, Jas., Greek-st., 25 June 1739.
Shaw, Wm, Gerard-street, 25 June 1739.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Sanders, Benj., Staining-lane, 28 June
1739.
Steward, Jos., Maiden-lane,28 June 1739.
Swift, Jno., Noble-street, 29 June 1739.1
Ditto, ditto, 18 July 1757.
Smith, Geo., Gutter-lane, 4 Sept. 1739.
Spackman, Jno., Foster -lane, 11 Sept.
1741.
Sprimont, Nichs., Compton- street, 25
Jan. 1742.
Swanson, Robt , Blackman-street, 18
Oct. 1743.
Smith, Jas., Monkwell-st., 14 Sept. 1744.
Sieber, Ernest, Crown-st.,2 June 1746.
Smith, Jas., Old Bailey, 25 Sept. 1746.
Solomon, Willm., Church-street, Soho,
19 Oct. 1747.
Shaw, Danl., Great Arthur-street,
7 Dec. 1748.
Shaw, Wm., Maiden-lane, 3 Jan. 1749.
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Shaw, Willm., and Priest, Win., Maiden-
lane, 12 Oct. 1749.
Smith, Thos., Wood-street, 16 Oct. 1750.
Smith, G. and S., Foster-lane, 13 Dec.
1751.
Schuppe, Jno., Dean's-court, 28 Jnne
1753.
Sleath, Gabl., and Crnmpe, Fras.,
Gutter -lane, 22 Nov. 1753.
Sarbit, Dorothy, Saffron Hill, 13 Dec.
1753.
Smith, Sanil., Foster-lane, 4 Feb. 1754.
Steward, Jno., Grub-st., 29 Jan. 1755.
Siervent, Saml., St. Martin' s-lane, 20
June 1755.
Sanden, Win., St. Martin' s-le-Grand,
30 Jtuie 1755.
Sanipel, Wm., Baldwin's-gdns., 29 Aug.
1755.
Sheen, Wm., Old Belton-street, 4 Dec.
• 1755.
Schurman, Albt., Holborn, 4 Mar. 1756.
Saunders, Alex., Noble-st., 3 Sept. 1757.
Tearle, Thos., Eussell-st., 22 June 1739.
Tuite, Jno., Litchfield-street, Soho, 27
June 1739.
Taylor, Peter, "Golden Cup," Strand,
gTj 16 Nov. 1740.
^jT Tuite, Eliz., York-buildings, 7 Jan. 1741.
, Tyrrill, Et., Angel-court, Strand, 10
ETTj May 1742.
— — 2, Timberlake, Jos., Castle-street, 19 Apr.
IT) 1743.
Turner and Williams, Staining -lane, [9
Aug. 1753.
Taylor, Saml., Maiden-lane, 3 May 1744.
Towman, Thos., Dolphin-court, 13 Nov.
1753.
Tookey, Jas., Noble-st., 11 May 1750.
Tiirner, Wm., Addle-st., 21 June 1754.
Tripp, Job., St. Martin' s-lane, 31 Dec.
1754.
Thomas, Ed., King's Arms-yard, 20
Mar. 1755.
Tp.nl in gs, Constantine, Dean-street, 16
June 1755.
Townsend, Jno., Gray's-Inn-lane, 8
Dec. 1755.
Tuite, Wm., King-street, Golden-square,
1756.
V.
Videau, Ayme, Green-st., IS June 1739
Vincent, Ed., Dean-street, Holborn,
25 June 1739.
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i 1739.
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y\j{ Vincent, Phil. Earl-street, Seven Dials,
_*J 29 Nov. 1757.
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Wallis, Thos., Little Britain, 8 Mar.
1758.
Williams, Jas., Paternoster-row, 30
July 1755.
Willaume, David, no address, 19 June
1739.
Wood, Sam., Gutter-lane, 15 July 1739.
West, Benj., Foster-lane, 18 June 1739.
Whipham, Thos., Foster-lane, 18 June
1739.
Wilks, Jas., Fell-street, 20 June 1739.
White, Jno., Grean-st., 26 June 1739
West, Jas., "Blackinoors Head,"
Foster -lane, 29 June 1739.
Wilks, Dennis, Old-street, 2 July 1739.
Wickes, Geo., Panton-st., 6 July 1739.
Whipham, T. and Williams, W., Foster-
lane, 1 May 1740.
Wood, Ed., Carey-lane, 30 Sept. 1740.
Welles, Sam., Staining-lane, 2 Mar. 1740.
Woodward, Ch., Tooley-street, 10 Apr.
1741.
Willmot, Jas., "at ye Flying Horse,"
Strand, 3 Aug. 1741.
Williams, Wm., Foster-lane, 10 Sept.
1742.
Woodward, Wm., Fenchurch-street,
19 Oct. 1743.
White, Fuller, "at ye Golden Ball and
Pearl," Noble-street, 31 Dec. 1744.
Ditto, ditto, ditto, 1758.
Wakelin, Ed., Panton-st., 17Nov. 1747.
Wirgman, John, Strand, 13 May 1745.
Wilks, Dennis, Old-street, 30 Nov. 1747.
Wooller, Wm., Cloth Fair, 14 May 1750.
Werritzer, P., Salisbury-st.,23 July 1750.
Ward, Michl., Cloth Pair, July 1750.
Winkins, Nics., Eed Lion-street, 21
Sept. 1751.
Wilks, Dennis, and Fray, Jno., Fore-
street, 19 July 1753.
Wynne, Thos., Bath, IS Oct. 1754.
Watkins, Wm., Paternoster, E., 9 Feb.
1756.
Watkins, W., and Devonshire, T., Pater-
noster-row, n.d., 1756.
Waysmith, Fras., King's-Arnis-court,
20 Aug. 1757.
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Mary-lane, 24 Oct. 1757.
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jfjf.l Wheat, Sam., Maiden-lane, 11 May 1756.
(gg) Ditto, ditto, ditto.
/jh) White, Fuller, and Fray, Jno., " Golden
*W Ball and Pearl," Nohle-st., Dec. 1750.
Y.
Young, Win., St. Andrew's-street, 29
Jtme 1739.
Young, Geo., Moorfields, 17 June 1746.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
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Zouch, Ed., Chequer-court, June 1739.
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Books Nos. 1, 2, 3— Large Workers, 1774-1805.
A.
Abdy, Stephn., and Jury, Willni., Lilly -
pot-lane, 29 Oct. 1759.
Step., Lillypot-lane, 8 Oct.
Adams,
1760.
Allen, Jno., Carthusian-st., 10 June 1761.
Abdy, Wm, Ote-lane, 26 Feb. 1765.
§93 Ditto, ditto, 5 Oct. 1767.
Andrews, Geo., Red Lion-street, 13 Apr.
1763.
Aspinshaw, Jno., Whitechapel, 26 May
1763.
Calame, Anty., Exeter Change, 22 Feb.
1764.
Calame, J. A., Exeter Change, 15 May,
1764.
Allen, Jas., Cbancery-lane, 15 Dec. 1766.
Arnold, Thos., London Wall, 19 May
1770.
Adams, Jos., Walsall, 25 Sept. 1772.
Aldridge, Chas., and Green, Heny., St.
Martin' s-le-Grand, 19 Aug. 1775.
Abdy, Will., Noble-street, 1 Sept. 1784.
Aldridge, Ch., Aldersgate-street, 20
Sept. 1786.
Abdy, Willm., Noble-street, 15 Sept.
1790.
B.
Bell, Wm., Monkwell-st., 10 Feb. 1759.
Bayley, Wm., Aldersgate, n.d.
Buckett, Jno., St. James'-street, n.d.
Baker, Jno., Old Bailey, 11 Apr. 1770.
Bromage, Wm., Drurelain, by the Nu-
church, Strand, 24 Sept. 1770.
Barnet, Alex., Jn. Woopen, near Orma-
ditch Briedch, 8 Aug. 1759.
Bassingwhite, J., Russell-street, 29 Nov.
1770.
Brind, Walter, Foster-lane, 26 Feb. 1781.
Boulton, T. P., and Humphreys, Arthur,
Poultry, 7 July 1780.
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Barrier, Abm., Rathbone-place, 11 Oct.
1775.
Broughton, J., Little Britain, 8 Jan.
1779.
Bateman, Hester, Bunhill-row, 17 June
1774.
Ditto, ditto, 5 June 1776.
Baskerville, G., and Morley, T., Albion
Buildings, 6 May 1775.
Beldon, Jno., Paternoster-row, 13 Mar.
1784.
Basnett, Wm., Bath, 3 Sept. 1784.
Bland, Corns., Aldersgate-street, 25
Sept. 1788.
Bateman, Peter and Jonathan, Bunhill-
row, 7 Dec. 1790.
Bateman, Peter and Anne, Bunhill-row
2 May 1791.
Bland, Jas. and Elizabeth, Bunhill-row.
16 Sept. 1791.
Bennett, Wm., Aldersgate-street, 1 Jan.
1796.
Bateman, Peter, Anne, and Willm.,
Bunhill-row, Jan. 1880.
Burrows, Alice and George, Red Lion
street, Clerkenwell, 16 Aug. 1802.
Burwash, Wm., Red Lion-street, 16
Aug. 1802.
Bateman, Peter and William, Bunhill-
row, 8 Nov. 1805.
c.
Calame, A., Exeter Change, Feb. 1764.
Calame, J. A., Exeter Change, May 1764.
Cowper, Hy., Whitehall, 8 Oct. 1782.
Chawner, Th., Paternoster-row, 15 Oct.
1773.
Cowles, Geo., Cornhill, 30 Oct. 1797.
Carter, Jno., Bartholomew Close, 21
Sept. 1776.
Carter, Rich., Smith, Danl., and Sharp,
Rob., Westmoreland-buildings, 9 Dec.
1778.
Crossley, Richd., Foster-lane, 5 Apr.
1782.
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Cliawuer, T., Ave Mary-lane, 31 May
1783.
Chawner, Hy., and Ernes, John, Amen
Corner, 27 Aug. 1796.
Cooke, EicM. , Carey-street, 28 Jan. 1799.
Courtanld, Louisa and Saml., CornMll,
16 Oct. 1777.
Chesterman, Chas., Fleet Market, 20
Nov. 1771.
J).
Dav, Win., Red Lion-court, Grub-street,
30 Oct. 1759.
Dellany, Sam., New-Street-square, 19
Mar. 1762.
Deane, W. and J., Ironmonger-road,
19 Oct. 1762.
Dorrell, W., Smithfield-bars, 3 Mar. 1763.
Dealtry, Th., Royal Exchange, 28 Oct.
1765.
Darwall, Jno., Red Lion-sq.., 20 Oct. 1768.
May, Rd., and Dorrell, Jane, Quakers-
Buildings, 3 May 1771.
De Lisle, Louis, Angel-ct., 27 July 1773.
Duconiieu, Louis, Rathbone-place, 12
Oct. 1775.
Dobson, Ed., Old-Street-square, 3 Dec.
1778.
Deacon, Jno., Greenhills Rents, 11 Sept.
1776.
Denzilow, J., "Westmorland Buildings,
27 Oct. 1774.
Daniell, Th., Carey-lane, 16 Apr. 1774.
Daniell, Th., and Wall, John, Foster-
lane, 13 June 1781.
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IctJ Davenport, Sam., Lime-street, 24 Mar.
t^JJ 1786.
Irvrd Denney, Danl., St. Martin' s-le-Grand, 24
Udy=5 July 1786.
ppvrJ Dexter, Thos. Paine, Blue Coat Build-
[1 -M ings, Little Britain, 21 Aug. 1805, and
Mile end, 1824.
QSJD) Dumee, Nic, Clerkenwell.
E,
[SjEj Eaton, Sam., Hoggon-court, 5 Feb. 1759.
I«E Eaton, Jno., Gutter-lane, 15 July 1760.
(TE) EUis> Tb-os- Cow Cross, 2 Apr. 1780.
fTEl Evans, Thos., Barbican, 1774 to 1782.
fwEf Eley, Wm., and Pierrepoint, Geo., Bar-
LG P) tholomew, Close, 11 Nov. 1778.
HIS) Edward, Jno., Jewin-street, 24 Nov.1788.
(J^ Ernes, Jno., Amen Corner, 10 Jan. 1798.
(VVEl Eley, Wm., and Fearn, Willm.. Clerken-
[WpI well Green, 4 Jan. 1797.
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Ferris, Mat., Lillypot-lane, 21 Sept.
1759.
Freeman, Thos., and Marshall, J., Bar-
tholomew Close, 13 Sapt. 1764.
Fayle, Geo., Wilderness-lane, 25 May
1767.
Ditto, J., ditto, 30 Apr. 1772.
Freeman, Ph., Whitechapel, 17 Ait*
1773.
Fearn, Wm., Wood-street, 13 May 1774.
Foster, Thos., Fetter-lane, 1 Dec. 1769.
Freeman, P., Bartholomew Close,
Sept. 1774.
Foster, W. L., Blue Anchor-alley, 3
Jan. 1775.
Fennell, Wm., Foster-lane, 3 Jan. 1775.
Fennell, Ed., Foster-lane, Jan. 1780.
Fogelberg, And., and Gilbert, Stephen,
Church-street, Soho, 17 July 1780.
Fountain, Wm., and Pontifex, Dan.
Hosier-lane, 2 July 1791.
Frisbee, Wm., Cock-lane, 14 Jan. 1792.
Fountain, Jno., Aldersgate-street., 1
May 1792.
Frisbee, Wm., and Storr, Paul, Cock-
lane, Snow Hill, 2 May 1792.
Fountain, W., Red Lion-street, 1 Sept.
1794.
Ditto,
ditto,
ditto .
G.
Gimblett, Jno., and Vale, Willm., Bir-
mingham, 24 Jan. 1770.
Green way, Hy., Giltspur-street., 24Nov.
1775.
Grundy, Wm., Fetter-lane, 20 Sept. 1777.
Grundy, Wm., and Fernell, Ed., Fetter-
lane, 23 Feb. 1779.
Gillois, Peter, Queen-street, Seven Dials,
15 June 1782.
Godbehere, Sam., Cheapside, 13 Sept.
1784.
Godbehere, Sam., and Wigan, Ed.,
Cheapside, 13 Sept. 1786.
Graham, Thos., Bath, 14 May 1792.
Gaze, Robt., Shoe-lane, 5 Jan. 1795.
Godbehere, Wigan, and Bult. Cheapside,
15 Mar. 1800.
Garrard, Rob., Panton-st., 11 Aug. 1802.
Guest, Thos. and Josh., and Cradoek,
Josh., Red Lion-street. 15 Aug. 1806.
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Hague, Jno., Noble-street, 14 July 1758.
Hunt, Jas., King-street, Cheapside, 30
July 1760.
Howard, Win,, Clerkenwell, 19 Aug.
1780.
Howland, Sam., Long-lane, 13 Sept.
1760.
Hennell, Dav. and Eobt., Foster-lane,
9 June 1763.
Hunter, Geo., Shoe-lane, 21 June 1765.
Holmes, Win., and Dumee, Nicks.,
Clerkenwell Green, 8 Sept. 1773.
Hennell, Rob., Foster-lane, 9 Oct. 1773.
Holmes, "Win., Clerkenwell, 2 Jan. 1776.
Hutson, Jno., St. John-sq., 2 Jan. 1784.
Heming, Geo., and Cbawner, Win.,
Bond-street, 17 Nov. 1774.
How, Win,, and Clark, Will., Spittle-
square, 12 Aug. 1777.
Hougham, Cb., Aldersgate-street, 24
Jan. 1785.
Heming, Geo., and Cbawner, Wm.,
Bond-street, 15 Feb. 1781.
Harris, Jno., Monkwell-st., 2 Mar. 1786.
Hennell, Eobt. and David, Foster-lane,
15 Jtdy 1795.
Hardy, Jos., and Lowndes, Tbos., 26
May 1798.
Holland, Tbos., Temple Bar, 7 Aiig.
1798.
Hardy, Jos., Clements-lane, 27 Apr.
1799.
Hennell, E. and S., Foster-lane, 28 Oct.
1802.
fTHj Howell, Tbos., Batb, 11 June 1791.
K/vrtrl Hall, Wm., Finsbury-street, 27 Jan.
1795.
Jackson, Orlando, Wild-st., Aug. 1759.
Jones, Rob., Bartholomew Close, 10
Feb. 1776.
Jones, Rob., and Scofield, Jno., Bar-
tholomew Close, 10 Feb. 1776.
Jones, Rob., Bartholomew Close, 29
Jan. 1778 to 1796.
K.
King, Wm., Cross-street, Hatton Gar-
den, 21 Oct. 1761.
Kendall, Luke, Wood-st., 18 June 1772.
Kandler, Chas., Jermyn-st., 12 Nov.1778.
King, Jno., Fore-street, 11 Aug. 1785.
Kidder, Jno., Piccadilly, 16 Nov. 1780.
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Lowe, Ed., Mortlake, 15 Aug. 1777.
Laver, Ban, Bond-street, 8 Sept. 1781.
Lee, Jno., Bunhill-row, 2 Dec. 1782.
Lambe, Jno., Fetter-lane, 8 Feb. 1783.
Laver, Ben., Bruton-street, 1 July 1789.
Lambe, Jn>., Fetter-lane, 17 Oct. 1791„
Langland, Jno., andEobertson, J., New-
castle, 3 Mar. 1780.
M.
Mieg, Ch„ Porter-street, 25 Feb. 1767.
Makemeid, My., Shoe-lane, 2 Oct. 1773.
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[JJj] Moore, Jno., Sdver-st., 18 July 1778
Makepeace, Rt., and Carter, Ed., Bar-
tholomew Close, 20 Jan. 1777.
Makepeace, Eob. and Tbos., Serle-
street, 8 Jan. 1794.
Makepeace, Et., Serle-st., 20 Jan. 1795.
Mince, Jas., and Hodgkins, Wm., Bell-
sq., Foster -lane, 23 Nov. 1780.
N.
Natter, Geo., Fleet-street, 23 Oct. 1773.
Northcote, Thos., Shoemaker-row, 1776
to 1789.
Northcote, Thos., and Bourne, G.,
Berkeley-street, Clerkenwell, 5 June
1794.
Northcote, Th., ditto, 19 Nov. 1784.
Nutting, Hy., Noble-st., 9' Apr. 1796.
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Ollivant, Thos., Manchester, 12 Mar
1789. J
Orme, Jos. B., Manchester, 14 Feb. 1798.
P.
Penstone, Wm., Noble-st., 17 Mar. 1774.
Piercy, Eob., Foster-lane, 21 July 1775.
Payne, Thos. and Eiehd., Cheapside,
30 Oct. 1777.
Potter, Wm., Wild-street, 26 Feb. 1777.
Preedy, Jos., Westmorland Buildings,
3 Feb. 1777.
Pratt, T. B., and Humphreys, Arthur
Poultry, 7 July 1780.
Pitts, Wm., St. Martin's-street, 18 Dee,
1781,
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Salisbury-court, 1 May 1783.
Pitts, Wrn., Litchfield-st., 4 May 1786.
Plummer, Win., Gutter-la., 7 May 1789.
Petersou, Abm., Salisbury-court, 5 Feb.
1790.
Pitts, Wni., and Preedy, Jos., 11 Jan.
1791; Litchfield-st., and Newport-st.,
1795.
Plummer, Mich., Gutter-lane, 5 Oct.
1791.
Pontifex, Danl., Hosier-lane, 10 Sept.
1794.
Perkins, J., Sen. and Juu., Hosier-lane,
5 Aug. 1795.
Preedy, Jos., Gt. Newport-st., 20 Jan.
1800.
Pitts, Win., Little Wild-st., 21 Dec.
1799.
Playfair, Win,, and Wilson, Wm., Port-
land-road, 16 May 1782.
E.
Eoker, Phil., Bishopsgate-st., June 1776.
Eoker, Eliz., ditto, Oct. 1776.
Eenou, Thos., St. John-st., 11 Feb. 1792.
Eodenbostel, G., Piccadilly, 5 Dec. 1778.
Eobins, Jno., St. John-st., 20 Oct. 1774.
Eoss, Eob., New-st., Covent-garden,
13 Oct. 1774.
Eugg, Eich., St. John-sq., 18 Mar. 1775.
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1774, and Wood-st. to 1782.
Stamp, Jas., Cheapside, 1774 to 1779.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Stephenson, Ben., Ludgate-hill, 26 Jan.
1775.
Sumner, Wm., and Crossley, Ed., Clerk-
enwell, 1775, 1780.
Sheen, Wm., Cow-cross, 26 June 1775.
Simons, Wm., Lambeth, 18 Jan. 1776.
Smith, Dan., and Sharp, Eob., West-
morland-buildings, 7 Feb. 1780.
Stamp, Fras., 86 Cheapside, 12 May 1780.
Sutton, Jas., 86 Cheapside, 7 July 1780.
Sutton, Jas., and Bult, Jos., 86 Cheap-
side, 4 Oct. 1782.
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1783.
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Shepherd, Thos., Aldersgate-st., Oct.
1785.
Stephenson, Win., Lombard-st., 17 June
1786.
Sharp, Et., Westmorland-Buildings,
7 Jan. 1789.
Streetin, Thos., Plough-court, 15 Aug.
1791.
Sumner, Wm., Clerkenwell, 6 Apr. 1782.
Storr, Paul, Church-st., Soho, 12 Jan.
1793.
Scofield, Jno., Bell-yard, 1778-1787.
T.
Tayleur, Jno., Newgate-st., 15 Apr. 1775.
Townsend, Jno., Bath, 10 Sept. 1783.
Tweedie, Walter, Holy well-st., 1775 and
1779.
Tweedie, Jno., ditto, 1 Dec. 1783.
Thompson, Jno., Sunderland, 12 May,
1785.
Tookey, Thos., Silver-st., 30 Oct. 1773.
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Woods, Chris., King-st., Soho, 12 June
1775.
Wright, Chas., Ave Maria-lane, 22 July
1775.
fTW) Wallis, Thos., Monkwell-st., 7 Nov. 1778.
Wren, Jno., Bishopsgate-st., 27 Feb.
1777.
Wakelin, Jno., and Taylor, Wm., Pan-
ton-st., 25 Sept. 1776.
Wallis, Thos., Monkwell-st., 7 Nov. 1778.
Wintle, Geo., Angel-st., 2 Jan. 1787.
Willmore, Thos., Birmingham, 23 Mar.
1790.
Wallis, Thos., Clerkenwell, 15 Sept. 1792.
Wakelin, Jno., and Garrard, Eobt., Pan-
ton-st„ 20 Oct., 1792.
Young, Jas., and Jackson, Orlando,
Aldersa-ate-st., 17 Mar. 1774.
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PARLIAMENTARY RETURN, 1773.
An account of the names and places of abode of all the Goldsmiths,
Silversmiths and Plate-workers now living, that have entered their
marks in the Assay Office in Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London,
March 1773, but not the Watch-case makers, Buckle-makers, Button
makers, or other small workers. (House of Commons Reports ;
General Collection, Vol. 32.)
In the following list they are thus distinguished : —
P. Plate-workers.
G. Goldsmiths & Gold-workers.
SM. Spoon makers.
HM. Haft & hilt makers.
CM. Candle-stick makers.
The Goldsmiths' books (C. Vols. 1 and 2) from which the following
names were taken by the Committee in 1773, containing also the
punches of the makers, are unfortunately not to be found at the Hall,
but, as a rule, the marks deposited during this period were of a simple
character, being merely the initials of christian and surname in Roman
Capitals, enclosed in squares or ovals to suit the letters ; crowns,
stars, fleurs-de-lis, or other signs, are seldom seen ; hence reference
to this list will give the names and addresses of many of the Plate-
workers. They had doubtless registered their marks several years
previously, but between 1758 and 1773, a period of fifteen years, we
have no other specific record to guide us for large workers in plate ;
the names of those who died in the interim are not included, and,
with the exception of some " small workers " (v. page 188), we have
no means of ascertaining them.
1773.
WA Abdy, William, Oat-lane, Noble -
street, HM.
IGA Alderhead, J. G. Bishopsgate-st., G.
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C A Aldridge, Charles, & Green Henry,
G Aldersgate- street, P,
WA Aldridge, William, Red Lion-pas-
sage, Holborn, HM.
JA Alleine, Jonathan, Fenchurch-st., P.
RA Andrews, Richard, Leadenhall -
street, G.
GA Andrews, George, Red Lion- street,
Clerkenwell, P,
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TA Augier, Thomas, Brownlow-sfc., G.
SA Ardesoif, Stephen, Fountain-court,
Strand, G.
IA Arnell, Jno., Little Britain, G.
RA Ayscough, Ealph, Ludgate-st., G.
B.
IB Baker, Jno., New-court, Bunhill-
row, G.
IB Barbe, Jno., West-st., Seven Dials,P.
TB Bamford, Thomas, St. Clements-
lane, Strand, P.
IB Baker, James, New-court, Bunhill-
row, G.
PB Baker, Pointer, Compton-st., Soho.
IB Barber, James, Bond-street.
IB Barrow, Jno, Tottenham-ct.-rd., G.
AB Barrier, Abraham & Ducommon
LD Lewis, Eathbone-place, SM.
IB Barry, Jno, Paternoster-row, G.
SB Bates, Samuel. Islington, G.
GB Baskerville, George, Albion-build-
ings, G.
HB Bateman, Hester, Bunhill-row, G.
IB Baxter, Jno., Banbury, G.
IB Bayley, Jno., Wood-street, G.
IB Beadle, Jno., Old Bailey, SM.
RB Beale, Richard, Henrietta-street,
Co vent- garden, G.
IB Beaty, James, Greek-st., Soho, G.
WB Bell, William, Rolls -buildings, G.
IB Bellis, James, Pall Mall, G.
EB Bennet, Edward, Lombard-st., SM.
EB Bennet, Edward, Junr., Tooley-
street, SM.
IB Bennett, Jno.,Threadneedle-st.,HM.
LB Benoimont, Louis, Fenchurch-st., G.
CB Binger, Christopher, Windmill-st.,
Tottenham-court-road, G.
CB Biron, Christopher, Alclersgate-
street, P.
IB Birkenhead, James, Gutter-lane, G.
IB Birt, James, Silver-street, Wood-
street, G.
MB Bock, Mark, Shoe-lane, EM.
IB Bourne, Jno., New-street, Covent-
garden, G.
AB Borchers, Albrecht, Spaw-fields, G.
SB Bradley, Samuel Worcester, G. '
AB Bourne, Aaron, New-st., Covent-
Garden, G.
IB Brockus, Jno., Shoe-lane, HM.
IB Broughton, Jno., St. John's-square,
Clerkenwell, G.
WB Brown, William, Cheapside, G.
PB Bruguier, Philip, Bedford-street,
Covent-garden, P.
TB Bumfriss Thomas, Little Trinity-
lane, P.
FB Butty, Fras., & Dumee Nicholas,
ND Clerkenwell-close, G.
c.
IAC Calame, James Anthony, Exeter-
change, G.
EC Capper, Edward, Round - court,
St. Martins-le- Grand, P.
IC Carter, Jno., Bartholomew-close, P.
IC Chaldecott, Jno., Chichester, G.
GC Chalmers, George, Sidney's -alley,
Leicester-fields, G.
BAC Chambrier, B. A., Church-street,
Soho, G.
TC Chawner, Thomas, Paternoster-
row, G.
WC Chawner, William, New Bond-st., G.
EC Coker, Ebenezer, Clerkenwell-
close, G.
EC Cooke, Edward, Southwark, G.
LC Courtauld, Louisa, & Cowles, Geo.,
GC 21 Cornhill, G.
IC Cox, James, Shoe-lane, G.
RAC Cox, Robert Albin, Little Britain, G.
WC Cox, William, St. Paul's-church-
yard, G.
GC Coyte, George, Catherine - street,
Strand, G.
SIC Crespell, Septimus & James, Whit-
comb -street, P.
IC Cresswell, Josh., Strand, G.
MC Cripps, Mark, Golden-ball James*
street, P.
IC Crouch, Jno., & Hannam, Thomas,
TH 28 Giltspur-street, P.
RC Crouickshank, Robert, Old Jewry, P.
FC Crump, Fras., Gutter-lane, P.
IC Cunst, Jasper, Salisbury-court, G.
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D.
MD Daintrey, Marmaduke, Hartley-
row, Hants, SM.
ITD Daniel, Jabez & Thomas, Carey-
lane, G.
ID Dare, Jno, 103 Minories, G.
ED Daryill, Edward, Watling-street, P.
BD Davenport, Bnrrage, Foster-lane,P.
ID Deacon, Jno., Love-lane, Wood-
street, P.
TD Dealtry, Thomas, Sweeting' s-alley,
HM.
IDG De Gruohy, Jno., Oxford, G.
PD Desvignes, Peter, Belton=st., Long-
Acre, G.
FD Deveer, Frederick, Angel-court,
Throgmorton-street, G,
TD Devonshire, Thomas, Paternoster-
row, SM.
ID Devonshire, Israel, Aldersgate-
street, SM.
ED Dobson, Edward, Fleet-street, SM.
PD Devese, Peter, Queen-st., Golden-
square, G.
ED Dovey, Bichard, Craven-buildings,
Drury-lane, G.
TD Doxsey, Thomas, Gt. St. Helens, G.
DD Drury Dru, Strand, HM.
ID Drysdale, Jno., Wood-street, G.
LD Dumont, Lewis, Seven-dials, G.
HD Dutton, Henry, Green-st., Leices-
ter-fields, P.
E.
SE Eastrom, Stephen, Burleigh-st., P.
TE Ellis, Thomas, Cow-cross, P.
IE Evans, James Morley, Greek-street,
Soho, G.
TE Evans, Thomas, Wood-street, SM.
F.
TF Fair, Thomas, Golden-lane, HM.
IF Farran, Jno, Upper Moorfields, G.
WF Fearn, William, 75 Wood-street, SM.
GF Fayle, George, Dogwell-ct., White
Fryars, HM.
IF Fayle, Jno., Wilderness-lane, Salis-
bury-court, HM.
WF Fisher, Will, 73 Little Britain, P.
WF Flints, William, Dogwell-ct., White
Fryars, HM.
AF Fogelberg, Andrew, Church-street,
Soho, P.
TF Foster, Thomas, King's Head-court,
Fetter-lane, HM.
WF Foster, William, Bishopsgate-with-
out, SM.
TF Freeman, Thomas, Westmoreland-
buildings, P.
IF French, Jno.,Paul's-alley,Bed-Cross-
street, P.
IF Fry, Jno., Bulb & Mouth-street, G.
RF Fryar, Rob, Gutter-lane, P.
G.
WG Garrard, William, Nbble-street,fflkf.
MG Gamon, Michl., Paul's-court,Hogan-
lane, G.
PG Garden, Phillips, Marylebone, G.
BG Gignac, Benjamin, Deans-court,
St. Martin's-le-Grand, P.
TG Gladwin, Thomas, Hounds ditch, P.
TG Gilpin,Thomas, Serle-st., Lincoln's-
Inn, G.
EG Gladwin, Ed., Oxford, P.
PG Gillois, Peter, Wardour-st., Soho, P.
IG Gould, James, Ave Maria-lane, CM.
EIG Gosling, Eichard & Josh., Corn-
hill, SM.
EG Gardner, Eichard, Archer-st., Hay-
market, P.
EG Grignion, Eeynolds, Queen-street,
Seven-dials, G.
BG Gurden, Benjamin, Noble-street, G.
WG Grundy, William, Fetter-lane, P.
H.
TH Hall, Thomas, Denmark - street,
Strand, G.
TH Hallows, Thomas, Southampton-st.,
Strand, G.
TH Harding, Thomas, Minories, G.
TH Harrache, Thomas, Pall Mall, G,
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HH Hallsworth, Henry, Bull & Mouth-
street, P.
HH Haynes, Henry, Little Windmill-
street, P.
LH Haucher, L., Little Cranbourn-
alley, G.
BH Hawkins, Benjamin, Frying-Pan-
alley, Wood-street, G.
NH Hearnden, Nicholas, Pick-Axe=st.,
SM.
SH Hedges, Stephen, Salisbury-court,
Fleet-street, G.
MH Heeser, Maurice, Red Lion-street.,
Clerkenwell, G.
GH Hemming, George, Piccadilly, G.
TH Hemming, Thomas, New Bond-
street, G.
RH Hennell, Robert, Foster-lane, P.
SH Herbert, Samuel, Stratford-green,P.
IH Hoist, Jno., Sheffield, HM.
HH Hobdell, Henry, Silver-street, G.
AH Hogg, Andrew, Northumberland-
court, Strand, G.
WH Holmes, William, Clerkenwell-
green, P.
IH Holland, Jno., Bishopsgate-st., G.
EH Holmes, Edward, Foster-lane, G.
IH Horsley, Jno., Hoxton, CM.
NH Horwood, Nat, Dean-street, Soho, P.
TH Howell, Thomas, Bath, P.
GH Houston, George, Fleet-street, G.
WH Howse, William, Temple Bar, G.
IH Hughes, James, Ratcliffe - high-
way, G.
IH Huntley, Jno., near the Bank, G.
IH Hunt, James, King-street, Cheap-
side, G.
WH Hunter, William, Lombard-st., Gr.
I. J.
JJ Jackson, Jno., Little Britain, SM.
OJ Jackson, Orlando, Haymarket, P.
DJ Jacob, Dennis, Charing- cross, G.
IJ Jacobs, Jno., Spur-street, Leicester-
fields, P.
SJ Jarman, Samuel, Great Newporf-
street, SM.
EJ Jay, Edward, Salisbury-court, P.
NJ Jefferys, Nathaniel, Strand, G,
II Innocent, Jno., Little Newport-
street, SM.
TJ Jones, Thomas, Bells - buildings,
Strand, P.
JJ Johnson, Jno., Maiden-lane, G,
J J Johnston, James, Carey-lane, G.
SJ Joyce, Stephen, King-st., Soho, G.
II Irvine, Jno., Minories, SM.
AJ Johnston, Alexander, Old Jewry, P.
K.
FK Kandler, Frederick, Jermyn-st., P.
LK Kendall, Luke, 26 Wood-st., G.
WK Kendrick, William, Queen-street,
Seven-dials, G.
JK Kensteber, Jno., & Groves, Thos.,
TG Red Lion-st., Clerkenwell, P.
IK Kentish, Jno., Cornhill, G.
IK Kidder, Jno., Heddon-street, P.
IK King, James, Kensington-grove, G.
IK King, Jno., 73 Little Britain, P.
IK Kingman, James, Leadenhall st., G.
WK Kinman, Will, East Harding-street,
HM.
L.
IL Lamb, Jno., Fetter-lane, SM.
TL Langforcl, Thomas, Angel-street,
St. Martin's-le-Grand, P.
IL Langford, Jno., & Sebille, Jno., St.
IS Martin's-le-Grand, P.
FL Lawley, Fras., Green Arbor-court,
HM.
lit Lautier, Jno., 20 Fleet- street, G.
CL Leadbetter, Charles, Oat-lane, G.
IL Lejeune, Josh., Lichfield-street, G.
AL
or Lesage, Augs., Gt. Suffolk-st., G.
AS
TL Liddiard, Thos., St. Paul's-church-
yard, G.
SL Littlewood, Samuel, 9 Lombard -
street, G.
M.
LM McDuff, Lawrence, Old Bailey, P.
CM Makemeid, Christopher, Shoe-la., P.
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TM Mallison, Thomas, Cornhill, 0.
IM Malpas, Jos., Wood-street, G.
SM Massey, Samuel, 8 Foster-lane, Q.
WM Mears, William, St. Martin' s-le-
Grand, G.
LM Merz, Lanret, Plow-court, Carey-
street, G.
RM Metham, Robert, Butcher Hall-
lane, P.
IM Moliere, Juo., & Jones, Dyall,
DI Clerkenwell-green, P.
EM Moore, Edward, Gracechurch-st.,(x.
IM Moore, Jno., Fleet-street, P.
IM Morisset, James, Denmark- street,
Soho, G.
HM Morris, Henry, Fleet-street, G.
RM Morrison, Richard, Cheapside, G.
RM Morson, Richard, & Stephenson,
BS Benjamin, Ludgate-hill, G.
PM Muire, Peter, Coventry-street, G.
N.
IN Naylor, Jno., Bridgewater-sq., SM.
PN Norman, Philip, St. Martin' s-la,, P.
P.
LP Pantin, Lewis, 45 Fleet-street, G.
IP Parker, Jno., & Wakelin, Edward,
EW Panton-street, G.
TP Parr, Thomas, Whetstone, G.
IP Payne, Jno., Cheapside, G.
AP Pars, Albertus,Furnivars Inn-ct. G.
IP Peacock, James, 103 Minories, G.
WP Penstone, William, Noble-st., SM.
IP Perry, James, 131 Chancery-lane,
EM.
TP Phillips, Jno., Cold Bath-square, G.
IP Phipps, James, Gutter-lane, P.
SP Picasse, Stephen, Denmark-st,, G.
WP Pickett, William, Ludgate-hill, G.
RP Piercy, Robert, Foster-lane, P.
TP Pitts, Thomas, Air-st., St.James's,P
WP Plummer, William, Gutter-lane, P.
IP Pont, Jno., Maiden-lane, HM.
AP Portal, Abraham, Ludgate-hill, G.
WP Portal, William, Orange-street, HM.
TP Powell,Thomas, Craigs-ct., Charing
cross, P.
EP Price, Edmd., Maiden-lane, Wood-
street, G.
WP Priest, William & James, White-
IP cross-street, P.
Q.
IQ Quantock, Jno., Wood-street, P.
E.
IR Raeburn, Jno., New-street, Fetter-
lane, HM.
IR Randies, Jno., Upper Moorfields, G.
WR Rawle, William, Castle-st., Strand,
HM.
IR Reynolds, Jno., New-street, Fetter-
lane, HM.
WR Reynolds, William, Swallow-st., P.
WR Robertson, William, Newport-st.,P.
RR Rogers, Robert, Lombard-st., G.
PR Roker, Philip, Bishopsgate-st., SM.
IR Robinson, Jno., New Bond-street, G.
MR Roker, Mathew, Greenwich, SM.
ER Romer, Emick,123 High Holborn,P.
IR Romer, Jno., Compton-st., Soho, P.
PR Romilly, Peter, King-st., Soho, G.
BR Rooksby, Benjamin, Basing-la., G.
RR Ross, Robert, Salisbury-court, SM.
IR Rowe, Jno., Gutter-lane, P.
FR Ruffin, Fras., Cripplegate, G.
RR Rugg, Richard, St. John's-square,
Clerkenwell, P.
ER Russell, Elias, Suffolk-st., G.
IR Russell, Jno., Northumberland -
street, G.
RR Rawlins, Richard, Grafton-st., Soho.
RR Rew, Robert, Greenhill's-rents.
s.
RS Sallam, Robert, Watling-street, P.
IS Saffory, Jno., Tokenhouse-yard, G.
RS Salmon, Robt., St. Martin's-church-
yard, SM.
AS Saunders, Alexander, St. Martin's-
churchyard, P.
HS Sardet, Henry, High Holborn, G.
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IS Sarney, Jno., Gutter-lane, P.
IS Schuppe, Jno., St. Martin's-le-
Grand, P.
TS Satchwell, Thomas, Paternoster-
row, G.
ES Scales, Edward, 33 Strand, G.
GS Seatoun, Geo., Gutter-lane, G.
WS Shaw, William, Bishopgate-st., P.
SS Shelley, Samuel, Bartholomew -
close, G.
WS Sheen, William, St. Annes-lane, P.
RS Simkiss, Richard, Maiden-lane,
Wood-street, G.
WS Simons, William, 6 Barbican, SM.
DS Smith, Daniel, and Sharp, Robert,
RS Aldermanbury, P.
IS Smith, James, Fleet-street, G.
GS Smith, George, 110 Wood-st., SM.
WS Smith, William, Cheapside, G.
FS Spilsbury, Fras., 24 Gutter-lane, P.
IS Stamp, James, Cheapside, P.
IS Stirling, Jno., Bartholomew-close,(x.
CS Storey, Chas., Sidney 's-alley, G.
IS Sutton, Josh., New -street, Covent-
garden, G.
IS Swift, Jno., Noble-street, P.
TS Swift, Thomas, Old Bailey, HM.
T.
PT Tabois, Peter, Red Lion-street, G.
PT Taylor, Ptr., Golden Cap, Strand, G.
WT Tant, William, junior, Grub-st.. SM.
ST Taylor, Samuel, Maiden-lane, P
MT Thomegay, Mark, Moorfields, G.
CT Teulings, Constantine, Duke's-ct.,P.
FT Thurkle, Fras., Fetter-lane, HM.
MT Tokett, Marmaduke,Wardour-st., G.
ET Tookey, Eliz., Silver-street, SM.
WT Townshend, William, Bath, P.
WT Tuite, William, Gt. Queen-street,
Lincoln's Inn, P.
WT Tweedie, Walter, Holly well-st., SM.
V.
IV Vore, Jno. Henry, 48 Lombard-
street, G.
EV Vincent, Edmd., King's Arms-ct.,P.
AV Videau, Ayme, Green st., Leicester-
fields, P.
PV Verlander, Philip, Brick-lane, P.
WV Vincent, William, St. Anne's-lane,P.
IU Underwood, Jno., Noble-street, G.
FV Vonham, Frederick, York-bdgs. P.
w.
TW Wallis, Thomas, Monkwell-street,P.
HW Walter, Herman, Spaw-fields, G.
IW Weldring, Jno., St. Clement's,
Strand, P.
TW Webb, Thomas, Chichester, G.
WW Weston, Will, Silver- street, SM.
SW Wheat, Samuel, Maiden-lane, G.
TW Whipham, Thomas, Fleet-street, G.
FW White, Fuller, Noble-street, P.
SW White, Samuel, Oat-lane, P
DW Whyte, David, 19 Little Britain, P.
IW Wiburd, James, Tooley-street, P.
WW Winter, William, Bunhill-row, G.
GW Wirgman, Gabriel, Red Lion-street,
Clerkenwell, G.
SW Wood, Samuel, Southgate, P.
CW Wood, Christopher, & Filkin, Thos.,
TF Battersea, SM.
AW Worboyes, Arthur, Wine-office-ct., G.
WW Worthington, William, 158 Fleet-
street, G.
CW Wright, Charles, Ave Maria -la., P.
PW Wright, Paul, 12 Foster-lane, G.
Y.
Y Young, James, Aldersgate-street,P.
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THE KEG ALIA.
The date of the following order for the first dispersion of the Crown
Jewels was in the first year of the reign of King Charles I., 1625,
when, influenced by his father's favourite, the Duke of Buckingham,
he declared war against Spain, having previously obtained the
alliance of Holland. This portion of the Regalia was pawned to
Holland to pay the great expense of the fleet in manning ninety
vessels and raising an army of ten thousand soldiers, when the Duke,
as Lord High Admiral, started on his disastrous expedition to Cadiz.
The Commons only voted a subsidy under great restriction for one
year, which had usually been granted to a new sovereign for life,
and this was the commencement of the dispute between the King and
Parliament ; an enormous debt had been incurred, and a new subsidy
refused for continuing the war. The King's desire to be an absolute
monarch with control of the army, and the refusal of supplies, were
the main elements of the conflict which ended in the civil war.
The following sumptuous pieces of gold plate and jewels were
formerly included in the Regalia, and are described at length in
Rymer's " Fcedera," vol. xviii., pp. 236 et sequitur.
"A greate riche Jewell of goulde called the ' Mir r our of Greate
Brit tame ' " (set with diamonds).
" A ffaire . Jewell in fashion like a feather of goulde " (set with
diamonds).
" A ffaire Fflower of goulde with three greate Balasses in the
middest a great pointed clyamond and three greate pearles with a faire
pearle pendant called ' The Brethren'
" A greate pointed Dyamond with the collett, taken from a coller of
goulde wherein yet remains eight greate pearles set in twoes, and a
long pearl pendant.
" A broken coller of goulde of thirty pieces, where of fifteene are
roses and fifteene crowned cyphers of the late Kinge and Queens names.
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wherein are now remaining eleaven poynted dyamonds and nine
table dyamonds.
" A Jewell of goulde of the letter I (set with diamonds) and pearle
pendant.
"The greate Collar of Ballast Rubies, &c.
" One greate Saphire cut in fossetts, &c, in a collett of goulde
enamelled.
" A greate Amatist in a collett of goulde."
The list enumerates and describes separately the following splendid
pieces of gold plate, mostly set with jewels : —
Ozs.
16 gold cups, some with covers and set with precious
stones, including those with the arms of Denmark
and "Anna Regina." The Constable's cup. An
agate cup, having a gold cover with " The morris
dance." A cup called " The Dreame of Paris."
Weighing . . . . . .902
13 gold ewers, lavers, basons, porringers, some jewelled
and some with the arms of Denmark . . 1,263
4 gold salts, one in form of a ship, another in form of a
castle. " The morris dance/3 &c» . . . 667
29 gold dishes and trenchers, some with arms of Denmark 627
1 gridiron of gold . , , . .22
A looking-glass set in gold and garnished with precious
stones. " The Steele of aggott of twoe little boys,
one holding a pearle, and five pearles hanginge ; on
the other parte of the body is a man on horseback,
the body being a clocke within a crystall, garnyshed
with fower dyamonds and fifty-five rubies, with
fower antique boyes enamelled white ; the base
standing upon fower round crystalls, garnished with
ten rubies, and fower naked women, of gould, stand-
ing at each corner, and a man at the toppe being
naked" . .. . . . 97|
A collar of gold with roses and knots . . .30
Total . . • 3,609
"All which Jewells and Plate have been received by the Duke of
Buckingham, our High Admiral, and the Earl of Holland as our
Ambassadors Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces, to
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be disposed of by them for our especiall service according as we
have given unto them private directions.
" Nowe, forasmuch as the saide Jewells and Plate are of greate
value, and many of them have longe contynued, as it were, in a
continuall discent for many years together with the Crowne of
England, &c
" Knowe all men that Wee, for many weighty and important reasons
and causes, much concerning us, our honour and State, have authorised
their delivery, &c To dispose of the said Jewells and Plate
for our owne ymmediate service, &c.
" In witness whereof, &c, Ourself att Hampton Courte, the seventh
day of December (Anno I.. Car. I., a.d. 1625)."
"The Mirror of Great Britain," the magnificent gold cup with the
"Dream of Paris," weighing 120 ozs., the Gold Salt with "The
Morris Dance,0 weighing 147 ozs., " The Constable's Cup," and many
others here briefly alluded to — mostly set with precious stones — will
be found minutely described in the Kalendars of the Exchequer of the
reigns of our early kings of England from Edward II. to Henry VIII.
In 1644 the Commons House of Parliament ordered all the King's
plate in the Tower to be melted down and coined, notwithstanding a
remonstrance from the Lords alleging that the curious workmanship
of the ancient plate was worth much more than the metal ; but it
had no effect, and beautiful historic works of art were ruthlessly
destroyed, and went pell mell to the crucible. It is recorded, also,
that in 1643 the crown and sceptre, lodged with the rest of the Regalia
in the Treasury in Westminster Abbey, were turned into money. On
October 9th, 1644, two of the members were ordered by the House of
Commons to inform the House " what superstitious plate was in the
place where the Regalia were kept in the Abbey, that it might be
melted and sold and the produce employed to buy horses." The college
plate was also ordered to be melted.
One of the payments during the Protectorate made to Alderman
Backwell, Goldsmith and Banker, is thus recorded in his books : —
" February 1659. Received of the Committee of Parliament by Old
Plate, £1,529 2s. 3d." (F. G. Hilton-Price, " Transactions of the
Lond. and Middx. Archeeol/', vol. vi. p. 197). The ordinary price
of silver in Cromwell's time was about 5s. 6d. per oz. This item will
account for the destruction of more than five thousand ounces of old
plate, probably portions of the Royal Services.
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About forty years since, Mr. Kobert Cole, F.S.A., purchased as
waste paper, at so much per cwt., a large quantity of old Exchequer
Kecords which were condemned to be sold by some Government
officials as worthless ; many of these were of the greatest historical
importance, and for several years he laboured hard in classifying
them, occasionally reading papers on the various subjects, and
exhibiting the records at the Society of Antiquaries and elsewhere.
We had frequent opportunities of seeing them at his office in Token-
house Yard, and the sight of piles upon piles of these records will
never be erased from our memory. Among these documents of
truly national importance were some relating to the Regalia, made for
the coronation of Charles II. One was an order dated 20th June
1662 for the payment from the Royal Treasury to Sir Robt. Vyner,
His Majesty's goldsmith, of the sums of £21,978 9s. lid. and £10,000.
But as the curious particulars will interest many of our readers,
especially as it is not generally known that all the articles comprising
the Regalia were made new for the coronation of Charles II., and as
the " Archseologia " is seldom referred to, and the ordinary proceed-
ings of the Society of Antiquaries still less read by the general public,
we may be permitted to reprint Mr. R. Cole's communication relating
to his discovery, in a letter read before the Society, addressed to the
Secretary, on the 9th December 1841 (" Archaeologia," vol. xxix.) : —
" It will be in the recollection of the Society of Antiquaries, that
some two or three years ago the then Lords of the Treasury directed
the selection and mutilation of many tons weight of Exchequer Records
(as they were not improperly called), and which, after being mutilated,
were sold as waste paper. It is not necessary for me to make any
observations on the propriety or impropriety of this order for the
destruction of original documents, nor on the manner in which that
order was executed. The report of the Committee appointed by the
House of Lords to enquire into the subject is before the public, and
to that and the evidence taken upon that occasion, I would refer the
Society. The contractor with the Government for the purchase of the
mutilated records, resold the mass in various parcels, and a portion,
weighing about two tons, came into my hands, from which I selected
many very curious and interesting documents, one of them being the
subject of my present communication.
" The coronation of Charles II. was appointed to be solemnized on
the 7th February 1660-1, but ' for many weighty reasons ' it was
deferred to the 23rd April following. One of the ' weighty reasons '
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may have been the want of regalia for the occasion, for we learn from
a MS. intituled 'The Preparations for His Majesty's Coronation,
collected by Sir Edward Walker, Knight- Garter, Principal King-at-
Arms,' first published in 1820, ' that because through the rapine of the
then late unhappy times all the royal ornaments and regalia, theretofore
preserved from age to age in the Treasury of the Church of West-
minster, had been taken away, sold, and destroyed, the Committee
(appointed to order the ceremony) met divers times, not only to direct
the remaking such royal ornaments and regalia, but even to settle the
form and fashion, although they had been newly made and prepared
by the orders given to the Earl of Sandwich, Master of the Great
Wardrobe, and Sir Gilbert Talbot, Knight, Master of the Jewel House.
Whereupon the Master of the Jewel House had to provide two Imperial
crowns, set with precious stones, the one to be called St. Edward's
Crown, wherewith the King was to be crowned, and the other to be
put on after his coronation, before His Majesty's return to West-
minster Halh Also an orb of gold, with a cross set with precious
stones, called St. Edward's ; a sceptre with a dove, set with precious
stones ; a long sceptre or staff of gold with a cross upon the top, and
a pike at the foot of steel, called St. Edward's Staff ; a ring with a
ruby ; a pair of gold spurs ; a chalice and a paten of gold ; an ampull
for the oil, and a spoon ; and two ingots of gold, the one a pound, the
other a mark, for the King's two offerings.' And the Master of the
Great Wardrobe had orders ' to provide the ornaments, to be called
St. Edward's, wherein the King was to be crowned i and, among other
things, the armilla, of the fashion of a stole, made of the cloth of gold,
to be put about the neck and fastened above and beneath the elbows
with silk ribbands.' "
In the foregoing account no mention is made of the name of the
goldsmith employed to make the regalia, nor the price paid for it, but
Mr. Cole discovered among the mutilated records a receipt of Sir
Eobert Vyner, dated 20th June 1662, for "payment from the Royal
Treasury of £21*978 9s. lid., due and payable for two crowns, two
sceptres, and a globe of gold, sett with diamonds, rubies, sapphires,
emeralds and pearls, St. Edward's Staff, the Armilla, Ampull, and
other the Regalia, all of gold, provided by him for His Majesty's
Coronation ; And for a crown, mace, chain and badge for Garter King
at Armes, 17 Collars, 17 Georges, and 5 garters of the order of St.
George, and 75 badges of the Order of the Bath, all of gold, diverse
parcels of guilt plate, given to the peeres and others for new yeares
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gifts and at christenings, 18 large maces, and diverse other parcclls of
guilt and white plate ; All which, together with some necessaries for
the Jewell House, amounting to the sum of £31,978 9s. lid., are
acknowledged under the hand of Sir Gilbert Talbot, Master of His
Majesty's Jewell House, to have been delivered in by the said Robert
Vyner, and accordingly received for His Majesty's service."
On March 18th, 1852, an account appears in the " Proceedings of
the Society of Antiquaries " of a communication from Mr. Robert
Cole respecting a further discovery of an interesting document from
the same mutilated Exchequer Records. Those he exhibited pre-
viously furnished only a list of the articles which comprised the
Regalia, without the weights or prices, but that subsequently produced
was dated 23rd February 1685, and the object of its preparation
appears to have been that of an estimate of the expense of putting
some objects in a fitting state for use on the coronation of James II.
and his Queen, which took place in the April following, and the pro-
viding of articles such as on the former occasion were delivered to the
officers of state for fees, and therefore to be then made new for similar
delivery,
A List of the Regalias provided for His late Majesty's Coronation
(Charles II.), and are now in ye custody of Sr. Gilbert Talbot, Knt.
Master and Treasr. of his Matys. Jewells and plate, viz : —
oz. dwfc. gr. li. s. d.
Imprim. St. Edward's Crowne . poiz. 82 05 16
For ye addition of gold and Worke-
manship ..... 350 00 00
For ye Loane of ye Jewells returned . 500 00 00
Itm. One Crowne of State . .poiz. 72 0100
For ye gold, Jewells, and Workeman-
ship . . . 7,870 00 00
Itm. One Scepter with a Dove . poiz. 34 03 20
For ye gold, Jewells, and Workeman=
ship 440 00 00
Itm. One other Scepter with a Cross poiz. 32 11 10
For ye gold, Jewells, and Workeman-
ship ..... 1,025 00 00
Itm. One St. Edward's Staffe . poiz. 45 08 08
For ye gold and Workemanship . 225 06 02
Carried forward . 10,410 06 02
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Brought forward
Itm. One Gloobe with a Crosse . poiz. 49 07 12
For gold, Jewells, and Workeman-
ship
Itm. One pair of Spurrs
For gold and Workemanship
Itm. Two Armillas
For gold and Workemanship
Itm. One Ampulla or Eglet .
For gold and Workemanship
Itm. The Anointing Spoon .
For silver and Workemanship
Item. One Chalice and Paten
For gold and Workemanship
oz. dwt. gr. li. s. d.
10,410 06 02
poiz
poiz
poiz
poiz
poiz
12 18 00
6 12 22
21 08 00
3 05 00
61 12 12
Dated 23 Feby. 168|
1,150 00 00
63 07 06
44 18 06
102 05 00
2 00 00
277 00 OS
£12,050 03 05
G. Talbot.
A List of ye Eegalias provided for his late Maties. Coronation,
which were delivered for Fees, &c, by order, and are out of the
Custody of Sir Gilbert Talbot, Knt., Master and Treasr. of his Majs.
Jewells and Plate, and are now to be provided, &c.
February 23rd 1684
Imprims. One Ld. High Constable's
Staffe .... poiz
For Silver and Workemanship .
Itm. One Earle Marshall's Staffe .poiz
For Silver, Gilding and Workeman
ship ....
Itm. Six Canopy Staves . . poiz
For Silver and Workemanship .
Itm. One Crowne for Garter King-at
Arms .... poiz
For Gold and Workemanship .
Itm. One Chaine and Jewell . . poiz
For gold and Workemanship .
oz. dwt. gr.
15 00 00
9 00 00
180 02 12
24 10 00
5 13 03
li.
08 15 00
07 15 00
76 11 01
116 17 06
43 06 07
Carried forward
253 05 02
205
055. dwt. gr. li. s. d
Brought forward . . 253 05 02
Ttm. One Banner and Rod . . poiz. 3 13 03
For Gold and Workemanship . . 37 14 03
Itm. One Collar of SS . . .poiz. 19 10 00
For Silver, Guilding, and Workeman-
ship ..... 24 J 8 09
Itm. Two Coronets . . . poiz. 30 12 12
For Silver, Gilding, and Workeman-
ship . . .. . . 22 19 04
Itm. Two Collars of SS . .poiz. 34 07 12
For Silver and Workemanship . 33 11 10
Itm. Six Collars of SS . . . poiz. 89 15 00
For Silver and Workemanship . 82 08 09
Itm. Two Ingots . . . .poiz. 19 00 00
For Gold and Workemanship . . 75 05 00
Itm. One Cup . . . .poiz. 19 07 00
For Gold and Workemanship . . 80 05 03
Itm. Coronation Medals — 12 .poiz. 3 10 16
For Gold and Workemanship . . 25 06 08
Itm. Jewells, 75 for Knts. of the Bath,
of which 7 are in custody . poiz. 35 10 12
For Gold and Workemanship . . 433 04 4
£1,067 19 4
G. Talbot.
We annex these documents to show that all the ancient " Regalias "
which had heen ruthlessly destroyed in the civil wars, by King
or Parliament, were remade for the Coronation of Charles II. They
are of gold with the exception of the silver-gilt spoon which weighed
only 3 ounces 5 dwt., the cost, with the fashion, being £2. Hence
it is evident that the coronation spoon, as well as the other pieces,
were actually made at this time, the shape being retained, as nearly
as could be remembered, of the ancient one. This spoon is de-
scribed by H. Shaw (" Dresses and Decorations of the Middle
Ages ") as being of gold, and he has given a drawing of it, with the
enamel restored, in all its presumed pristine brilliancy, attributing it
to the 12th century. On close inspection of the drawing itself, we
are of opinion that he was mistaken, and that it is not really more
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ancient than the latter part of the 17th century, the ornamentation
heiDg clearly of the time of Charles II. In fact, the interlaced C's
of that King will be easily recognised, the oval bow] also indicating
the form of the rat-tail spoons of that period. The ancient Ampulla
used at the Coronation of English sovereigns was, according to
Mezeray, of lapis-lazuli, with a golden eagle on the top, enriched
with pearls and diamonds, the tradition being that it was miraculously
presented by the Virgin Mary to St. Thomas of Canterbury (Becket)
when he was in France. We may add that the old crown of State
mentioned in the Goldsmiths' bill, weighing 72 ounces, was broken up
at the Coronation of her present Majesty Queen Victoria in 1838, and
a new crown more suitable for a lady's brow substituted, its gross
weight being only 37 ounces, made by Eundell and Bridge, who took
the framework of the previous crown in part payment.
The prices set against some of the Regalia in the bill did not
include the total cost, for we have shown that £32,000 was paid by
the Treasury to Sir Robert Vyner on the 20th June 1662. The total
cost of St. Edward's crown is not here stated, but only the addition
made to it for the coronation, for gold and workmanship £350 and
the loan of the jewels £500, making £850.
In the list of Fees provided for the coronation of Charles II. will be
found " two ingots of gold." One of them was for the first oblation
at the high altar, of a troy pound (12 ounces) of gold. The other,
for the second oblation, of a mark (8 ounces) of gold.
This custom was very ancient, and mention is made in old chronicles
of these offerings by sovereigns at the high altar on their coronation.
Edward I. at the first oblation offered a pound of gold (12 ounces
troy), in the likeness of a king holding a ring in his hand ; the second
was a mark of gold (8 ounces of avoirdupois) in form of a pilgrim
putting forth his hand to take the ring, which represented the legend
of St. Edward receiving a sapphire ring from the hand of St John the
Baptist in Waltham forest (still worn at coronations and actually used
by Her present Majesty). Henry III. also offered a pall (pallium) or
mantle of cloth of gold, and a plate of gold. The custom has been
continued to the present day. George III. at his coronation, for the
first oblation, laid upon the altar a pall of cloth of gold, and an ingot
of gold of a troy pound (12 ounces). After the ceremonies of anoint-
ing and crowning, &c, the King made a second oblation of a mark
of gold (8 ounces.) At the coronation of Her present Majesty, her
oblation was a pall of cloth of gold, and an ingot or wedge of gold of
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a troy pound weight. The pieces of gold were probably fees for the
officials ; the fee of the prsecentor or leader of the choir was of old a
mark of gold (8 ounces). The pound of gold was for a more exalted
personage.
A curious incident in the coronation of George III. may be men-
tioned. After the investiture the King's sword was uugirt and offered
by the King upon the altar, but it was immediately redeemed by the
King's appointment for a hundred shillings ; the nobleman so redeem-
ing it drew it out of the scabbard and bore it naked before the King
during the rest of the ceremony.
There was formerly a prohibition against any person's entering a
sacred edifice with arms or warlike accoutrements ; if they attempted to
do so the weapons were removed by an attendant, aud deemed forfeited,
only to be redeemed by the payment of a fee, probably according to a
scale of charges. They were usually deposited in the porch while the
owner remained inside, the fee being claimed before they were returned.
Even spurs were not allowed, and " spur money " was always levied
upon the wearers. Thus we meet with the following items : —
1530. — In the Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII. " Item
to the Coristars of Wyndesore in reward for the Kyng's spurres, yf - viijd"
The same custom prevailed abroad. The Duke of Burgundy had to
redeem his spurs on leaving the church : —
1427. — " Aux petits enfans de Cuer de la dicte eglise de St. Jehan
que M. D. S. (Le Due de B ur go gne) leur donna pour ses esperons
qu'il avoit apporte en icelle eglise, xiiij sols."
The description of the Imperial crown made for the coronation of
Queen Victoria has been given us by the late Professor Tennant,
mineralogist to Her Majesty.
" The Imperial state Crown of Queen Victoria is adorned with
jewels from other crowns. It had a crimson velvet cap with ermiue
border, lined with white silk ; the band above the ermine border has
a row of 1 12 large pearls at top and 129 at bottom, between which, in
front of the crown, is a large sapphire purchased for the crown by
George IV. At the back is a smaller sapphire and six others round,
between which are 8 emeralds. Above and below the 7 sapphires are
14 diamonds, and around the 8 emeralds 128 diamonds; between the
emeralds and sapphires are 16 trefoil ornaments containing 100
diamonds. Above the band are 8 sapphires surrounded by 8 diamonds,
between which are 8 festoons of 148 diamonds. In the front of the
crown and in the centre of a diamond Maltese Cross is the famous
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ruby said to have been given to Edward the Black Prince by Don
Pedro, King of Castile, in 1367. This rnby was worn in the helmet
of Henry V. at the battle of Agincourt, a.d. 1415. Around this
ruby, forming the cross, are 75 brilliant diamonds. Three other Mal-
tese crosses forming the sides and back of the crown have emerald
centres, each containing 130 brilliants. Between the 4 Maltese
crosses are kjleurs de lis with centre rubies, each surrounded by 86
rose diamonds. From the Maltese crosses issue four imperial arches
composed of oak leaves and acorns, the leaves containing 728 rose,
table, and brilliant diamonds, 32 pearls from the acorns set in cups
of rose diamonds. The total nnmber of diamonds in the arches and
acorns is 108 brilliants, 1 1 6 table, and 559 roses. From the upper
part of the arches are suspended four large pear-shaped pearls with
rose-diamond caps. Above the arch stands the mound containing
548 brilliants. The cross on the summit has a rose-cut sapphire in
the centre surrounded by four large brilliants and 108 smaller brilliants.
Summary of jewels comprised in the crown: one large ruby, one
large broad-spread sapphire, 16 sapphires, 11 emeralds, 4 rubies,
1,363 brilliants, 1,273 roses, 147 table-diamonds, 4 large pearls and
273 other pearls/'
We learn incidentally from Mr. Raikes' journal that "the corona-
tion of William IV and Queen Adelaide cost only £37,000. The
Queen was so anxious that no expense should be incurred on her
account, that she would not permit either the purchase or the hire of
a crown from Rundell's for herself, but ordered that it should be
composed of her own jewels and made up at her own expense."
At the previous coronation of George IV. the crown was not bought
but borrowed for the occasion. Rundell and Bridges' price for it was
£70,000, and Lord Liverpool told the King he could not sanction such
an expenditure. Rundell's charge for the loan was £7,000, but, as
some time elapsed before the return or the purchase was decided upon,
£4,000 or £5,000 more was charged for interest.
Attempt to Steal the Regalia.
Thomas Blood was a native of Ireland, born about 1628. He
served as Lieutenant of the Parliamentary forces, for which he received
a grant of land instead of pay. On the Restoration, the Act of Settle-
ment in Ireland, which affected Blood's fortune, made him discon-
tented and desperate. His first exploit was leading an insurrection
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to surprise Dublin Castle and seize the Lord-Lieutenant (the Duke of
Ormond) about 1660 or 1661 ; but it was discovered on the eve of
execution, and Blood escaped the fate of his followers, who were hung,
by concealing himself, and ultimately escaped to Holland. He was
next engaged with the Covenanters in the Scotch rebellion of 1666,
and then saved his life by flight. He seems to have had a personal
dislike to the Duke of Ormond, whom, out of revenge for hanging
his former associates, he actually seized on the night of the 6th
December 1670, and tied him to one of his associates on horseback,
and but for the timely assistance of the Duke's servants he would
doubtless have been hanged at Tyburn. Colonel Blood, however, the
leader, was unsuspected, although a reward of £1,000 was offered for
discovery of the assassins. Blood's next scheme was to steal the
Eegalia from the Tower of London. Having disguised himself as a
parson, he, with a woman whom he called his wife, went to inspect
the jewels. The latter professing to be taken seriously ill, was invited
by the keeper's wife into her private apartments ; hence an intimacy
was formed, and on a subsequent occasion a match was arranged
between a nephew of his and the keeper's daughter, and the day fixed
for the young couple to meet. The pretended parson, with his pre-
tended nephew and two friends, came armed to the Tower in May
1671, and, having gagged the keeper, Talbot Edwards, they proceeded
to the jewel-house ; Blood slipped the crown under his cloak, another
secreted the orb, whilst the third took the sceptre. By the oppor-
tune arrival of the keeper's son, who alarmed the guard, the robbers,
who in their flight had passed several sentinels, were stopped at St.
Catherine's gate, where their horses were waiting for them, and all
taken prisoners with the booty in their possession. The most extra-
ordinary termination of this bold but unsuccessful attempt was the
subsequent treatment of Colonel Blood, who, instead of being sent to
the gallows, was taken into especial favour by the King ; he was not
only pardoned, but a pension of £500 was settled upon him in the
following year. Blood died in 1680. Rochester, in his " History of
Insipids," alludes to this daring attempt : —
" Blood, that wears treason in his face,
Villain complete in Parson's gown,
How much he is at Court in grace
For stealing Ormond and the crown !
Since loyalty does no man good,
Let's steal the King and out-do Blood."
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There is a portrait of Thomas Blood, whose villainous exploits
are here recorded, in the National Portrait Gallery ! painted by Gerard
Soest. To place the counterfeit presentment of a malefactor among
such distinguished company is hardly justifiable ; his portrait would
be more appropriately placed in a chamber of horrors, or to grace
the walls of Madame Tussauds' motley establishment of worthy and
unworthy celebrities.
SEIZURE OF THE MERCHANTS' CASH DEPOSITED AT
THE MINT BY CHARLES L, in 1640.
It was formerly the custom for merchants to place their superfluous
cash in the Mint of the Tower of London for safe-keeping, until
Charles I., in the year 1640, laid his hands upon the money (about
£120,000), and destroyed the credit of the Mint. This circumstance
drove the merchants and traders to goldsmiths as a more secure
method of deposit; and about 1645 the goldsmiths of Lombard
Street, who were on their own account compelled to prepare strong
fire-proof chests for the preservation of their own valuable wares,
received also from their customers their spare cash, which was redelivered
to them in smaller amounts as required by signing cheques as receipts.
These goldsmiths kept what was called " running cashes," and their
system was the origin of banking in England, allowing on deposits
5 per cent., which they lent out at exorbitant interest to their more
needy customers, and became, in fact, pawnbrokers, advancing money
on valuable property. They also issued receipts for cash payable on
demand, which passed from hand to hand and were called goldsmiths
notes, the predecessors of Bank of England notes on the establish-
ment of the Bank of England in 1694.
CLOSING THE EXCHEQUER, JANUARY 1672, BY
CHARLES II.
In King Charles II.'s time goldsmith's were in the habit of lend-
ing their money to the Exchequer, for which they received at the
rate of 5 or 6 per cent. This King being always in want of money,
and not wishing to go before the House of Commons, took counsel
of his ministers as to the best way of obtaining money without the
aid of Parliament. The King promised a reward of the Lord
Treasurer's post to whoever would suggest the means. The idea of
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closing the Exchequer occurred to Lord Ashley, who unguardedly
communicated it to Sir Thomas Clifford, and he immediately un-
folded the plan before the King, who was charmed at the idea of
such perfidy, and exclaimed : <; Odds fish ! I will be as good as my
word if you can find me the money." Accordingly the Exchequer was
closed on the 2nd January 1672, and all payments to the goldsmith-
bankers suspended ; this not only brought ruin to them, but to
many thousands of their customers. Sir Thomas Clifford was made
Lord High Treasurer and a peer. The exact amount seized was
£ 1,328,526. The king intended it should be closed for one year only,
but year after year passed away and neither principal nor interest was
returned. About five years afterwards (April 1677) the King caused
letters patent to be granted to each of the goldsmiths who had
entrusted their money to the Exchequer, covenanting to pay 6 per
cent, per annum out of the excise. This obligation was observed up
to Lady Day 1683, when it altogether ceased, and none was paid at
all by James II, Mr. F. G. Hilton Price has published a copy of
one of these bonds in favour of Alderman Backwell in his memoir
of "ye Marygold." Backwell had as much as 36295,994 16s. 6d. in
the Exchequer at the time.
PLATE BELONGING TO THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY.
Drinking Cup, bequeathed by Sir Martin Bowes, 1566. (v. p. 45.)
Ewer and Salver, ornamented with shells, scrolls, &c, made by
Paul de Lamerie in 1741.
Standing Cup, embossed with masks and wreaths, made by Paul
de Lamerie in 1739.
Square Salt, in form of a Temple, the gift of Simon Gibbon, 1632.
Circular Salt, the gift of Richard Rogers, 1632. Hall Mark, 1601.
Salt, with crystal centre, the gift of Thomas Seymour in 1693.
Two Standing Cups and covers, given by John Saunders. Hall
Marks 1672 and 1674.
A pair of Vases with handles of terminal figures of Pan and Syrinx.
Hall Marks 1740.
Two Standing Cups and covers of Augsburg work. 16th century.
A large and massive Centre-Piece made by Rundell & Bridge.
Three Flagons. Hall Marks of 1779.
And several others of less importance.
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GOLDSMITHS' & PLATEWORKERS* HOUSE-SIGNS.
A
Date of
►sign.
Residence.
IN cllllc Ul Oil V ci ollll LJ-U
pie.
1660
Golden Anchor
Strand
Snow & Walton, after-
wards Strahan,Paul
& Bates
1677
Golden Anchor
Lumbard-street
T. Pardoe
1714
Acorn
Foster-lane
Darkeratt
1720
Angel
Strand
Dicken
lew (
Angel
Lombard-street
Major J . VVallis
1722
Acorn
Drury-lane
Cornasseau
1723
Golden Angel
Fleet-street
Squire
1742
Angel
Silver-street
Montgomery
1742
Anchor & Key
Wood-street
Alexander
1746
Acorn
Huggin-lane
Meriton
1677
Blew Anchor
Lombard-street
T. White
1732
Acorn
near the Monu-
Baker
ment
1717
Anchor
St. Paul's Chyd.
Ward
1697
Golden Angel
Cranbourn- alley
Gamble
1730
Acorn
in the Strand
Gilpin
1677
Angel & Crown
Lumbard-street
Ewing & Norrington
1724
Acorn
Fetter- lane
Rush
B
1677
Black Boy
Lumbard-street
Percefull & Evans
1677
Golden Bottle
Cheapside and
Hoares
Fleet- street
1677
Black Moor's
Lumbard-street
J. Sweetaple
Head
1690
Three Golden
Fenchurch-street
Hankeys
Balls
213
Date of
Exam- Sign,
pie.
1677 Golden Ball
1677 Naked Boy
1697 Golden Ball
1697 Golden Ball
1712 Golden Ball
1724 Golden Ball
1726 Blue Ball
1727 Golden Ball
1729 Black Boy and
Crown
1730 Blackmoor's Head
1736 Golden Ball
1737 Blackmoor's Head
1737 Golden Ball
1738 6 Bells
1739 Blackmoor's Head
1739 Golden Ball
1739 Golden Ball and
Canister
1677 Bolt & Tun
1741 Golden Bottle
1742 Golden Ball &
Pearl
1767 Golden Ball
1733 Bishop's Head
1733 Bell & Magpie
1726 Blackemoor's Head
1735 Bell
1738 Blackmoor's Head
Residence.
Lumbard -street
Fleet-street
St. Swithin's-la.
St. i^nne's-lane
Windmill-street
Norton Folgate
Tower- st. 7-Dials
St. Martin's-lane
Grape -street
Gutter-lane
Earl-st 7-Dials
Strand (corner of
York buildings)
Oxford Chapel
Long Acre
Foster-lane
Compton-st, Soho
New-st, Cloth-fair
Lumbard-street
Ave Maria-lane
Noble- street
St. James-street
Little Old Bailey
Bishopsgate wtht.
Broad-street, St.
Giles
Grub-street
Gt.St.Andrew's-st.,
7-Dials
Name of Silversmith.
Thursby
J. Heriot
Denny
Readshaw
Paul de Lamerie
Drake
Aveline
Hatfield
Ashby
Gorham
Hilland
P. Platel
Bradshaw
Compiegne
West
Crespin
McFarlen
Job Bolton
Gould
White
Cripps
A church
Albert
Barbot
Dorrell
F. Harache
1677 Three Cocks
1677 Crown
c
in Cheapside
Lombard-street
J. Lapley
T. Williams, aftrwds
Willis, Percival, 6
Co.
214
Date of
Exam-
Sign.
ple.
1690
Three Crowns
1697
Golden Cup
1720
Golden Cup
1721
Golden Cup
1722
Crown & Dolphin
1723
Golden Crown
1724
Crown
1725
Golden Cup
1728
Golden Cup
1729
Three Candle-
sticks
1731
Golden Cup
1734
Candle-stick
1734
Three Crowns
1735
Golden Cup
1735
Crown & To-
bacco Reole
1738
Crown & Seal
1739
Crown
1739
Golden Cup
1739
Crown & Pearl
1739
Golden Cup
1739
Crown
1740
Golden Cup
1743
Crown & Golden
Ball
1726
Golden Cup
1743
Crown & Golden
Ball
1752
Crown
1773
Curtain
1732
Crown & Pearl
1731
Cannon
1730
Carpenter's Arms
1701
Golden Cup
Residence.
Marfcins-lane, City
Swithin's-lane
Green-street
Foster-lane
Moor-street
Orange-st, Lester-
fields
Noble-street
Fish -street Hill
Shore ditch
Foster-lane
St. Anne's, Soho
Foster-lane
Lester-fields
Carey-lane
Holborn
Noble-street
Tottenham-court-
road
Coventry-street
Bartholomew-close
Swithin's-lane
Old-street
Strand
Compton-st, Soho
Chandois-street
Compton=st., Soho
Noble-street
Holywell-mount
Little Old Bailey
St. John-street
Clerkenwell
Gutter-lane
Name of Silversmith
Middleton, afterwards
Coutts & Co.
Ruslen
Archambo
T. & R. Gurney
Dell
Robinson
Hutton
Atkinson
Frith
Alchorne
Rongent
W. Gould
Hebert
Ellis
Fulford
Mowden
Callard
Archambo
Cart wright
Jackson
Daintrey
Taylor
W. Cripps
Boursin
Hilland
Campar
Cooper & Giles
Burdett
Drake
Griffin
Payne
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D
Date of
Exam-
Sign.
Residence.
ple.
Ibbo
Golden Dragon
Inner- Temple Gate
1718
Spotted Dog
Lombard-street
1719
Snntfrprl "P)rio*
UIJUUICU XJ U H
J_jUH1 1) cLL U d LI t?o I;
E
1740
Golden Ewer
York-buildings
1742
Spread Eagle
Foster-lane
1728
Black Spread
Lombard-street
Eagle
F
lb72
XT' —
.b ox
Lombard-street
1672
±leece
Lombard-street
171b
Iwo White .briars
Fleet-street
Fox & Crown
Aldersgate-street
1732
Fox At, f^T'OWTl
Philin-lanp Adrllp-
street
1733
Golden Fan
Andrew's - street,
St. Giles's
1677
Flower de Luce
L umb ard- street
1677
Three Flower de
in Cheapside
Luces
1550
The Grasshopper
Lombard-street
lobU
Ihe George
in Lombard-street
1672
ml /"^
lhe George
Lombard-street
1677
Grasshopper
Lombard- street
i 1-700
1728
Grasshopper
biinolk-street
16m
Cjimn
iD Exchange-alley
1677
Grapes
in Lumbard-street
1677
The Goat
in Lumbard-street
1680
Bunch of Grapes
in the Strand
1390
Griffin on the
Friday-street
Hope (Hoop)
Name of Silversmith.
Pinkney
Morse
Gladwin
Tuite
Williams
Freame, afterwards
Barclay, Bevan & Co.
J. Snell
Turner
Burkitt
Fowler
Gosling
Ferron
B. Hinton
J. Johnson
Sir Thomas Gresham,
now Messrs. Martin's
Wark
Rowe & Green
Duncombe & Kent
Maitland
Thomas Cook and
Nicholas Carey
H. Lamb
T. Price
Mr. Fell
216
Date of
Exam- Sign,
pie.
1660 Black Horse
H
Residence
Lombard-street
Fleet-street
Dean-street
Gutter-lane
Cow-cross
Wood-street
St. Martin's-court
Clerkenwell-close
Foster-lane
Strand
King-st., 7-Dials
Tottenham-ct. -rd.
Haymarket
Wood-street
in the Strand
Goswell-street
K
Strand
Strand
Fleet-street
Threadneedle-st
Lumbard-street
L
in Lumbard-street
Name of Silversmith
Stokes, aftrwds. Bar-
nett, Hoare & Co.
J. Mawson & Co.
Hebert
Fossey
Cartwright
Ecles
Bille
Hare
Jouet
Wilmot
Davys
Barrow
Godfrey
Buscomb
Mr. Ketch
Hutton
Jno. Coggs
Cartwright
Kenton
Laundry
Kilborne & Capill
Jno. Bolitho & Mr.
Wilson
T. Fowles
Gillingham
Gould
Cole
Schrimpton
1668 Golden Hind
1747 The Golden Hart
1724 Hand & Seal
1732 3 Horse-Shoes
1735 Hand & Spur
1736 Hand & Buckle
1738 Hand & Spur
1739 White Hart
1741 Flying Horse
1758 Hand-pen
1773 Golden Head
1732 Hand-ring and
Crown
1734 The Jack
1677 Black Horse
1734 Hat & Feather
1677 King's Head
1756 King's Arms &
Snuffers
1668 King's Arms
1727 Cross. Keys
1677 King's Head
1677 The Golden Lion
1677 Black Lion Fleet-street
1703 Black Lion Strand
1722 Three Golden Gutter-lane
Lions
1731 Lamb & Woolpack Cow Cross
1677 Golden Lion Fleet-street
217
M
Date of
Exam-
Sign.
Residence.
Name of Silversmith.
ple.
1677
The Meermaid
Lombard-street
Peter Wade
1570
The Marygold
Fleet-street
Wheeler
1680
Marygold
Temple Bar
Childs
1717
Mitre
Strand
Guerrie
1726
Maidenhead
Maiden-lane
Flavil
1726
Half moon & Star
Foster-lane
Garbett & Pell
1753
Mao in the Moon
Kings-rd, Chelsea
Fueter
1721
TT 1 £» 1\ IT
Half Moon
Gutter- lane
Benton
1731
Half Moon
Porter-st., Soho
Allix
1740
Morocco Ambas-
Lumbard-street
Barker
sador's Head
1697
Mitre
Foster-lane
Bodington
0
1720
Oxford City
Gutter-lane
Welder
r
1551
The Purse
in Chepe
1701
Peacock
St. Martin s-lane
Simon Pantin
1708
Plough
Cheap side
Dalby
1720
Strand
"Roothhv
-1— ' \J \J KJL1 kj y
1726
Pparl fc, drown
Southwark
Fnstftr
1730
Pearl
Heming's Row
Leger
1677
Plough
Lombard- street
White & Churchill
Q
1560
The Queen's Arms
Cheapside
Derrick
1739
Queen's Head
Gutter-lane
Harvey
1560
The Kyng with
Lumbard-street
Muschamp
the Rubye
1720
Rose & Crown
St. Bride's-lane
Hopkins
1721
Ring-
Vine Office Court
Ellis
1724
Rose
St. Martin's-lane,
Wo Darker alt
Strand
1677
Ram
Lumbard-street
Ward & Towuley
1728
Gold Ring
Charing Cross
Berthet
1729
Rose & Crown
Field-lane
Martin
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Residence. Name of Silversmith,
Date of
Exam- Sign,
pie.
1733 Rose & Grown
1734 Rose
1677 Rose
1677 Ram
1677 The Sun
1650 The 3 Squirrels
1670 Star
1720 Golden Snail
1734 Golden Snail
1739 Sun
1739 Star
1720 Sun
1736 Swan
1660 Unicorn
1677 Three Tuns
1726 Golden Unicorn
1731 Unicorn
1677 Unicorn
1732 Wheatsheaf
1736 Wheatsheaf
St. Martin's-le-
Grand
Strand
in Lumbard-street
in Lombard-street
s
in Lombard- street
Fleet-street
Lombard-street
Fleet-street
Fleet-street
Swithin's-lane
Bedford - street,
Covent-garden
Holborn-bridge
Foster-lane
T U
Lombard-street
Lombard- street
King-street, West-
minster
Henrietta-street
Lumbard-street
w
Gutter-lane
Tavistock-street
Jones
Manners
H. Nelthorpe
Ward & Townley
Jno. Addis & Co.
Pinkney, afterwards
Goslings
Hornby
Watts
Brooker
Allen & Fox
Brugueir
Besley
King
Backwell
Temple & Searle
Williams
Beale
Jno. Ballard
W. Gould
Boucher
Many of the objects which accompany the letters in the following
list of Makers' Marks bear allusion to the shop-signs of the Gold-
smiths ; e.y> The Parrot of Boothby, The Peacock of Pantin, The
Mitre of Bodington, The Ewer of Tuite, The Two-handled Cup of
Archambo and of Atkinson, The Acorn of Darkeratt, The Spotted Dog
of Gladwin and of Morse, The Grasshopper of Maitland, The Anchor
of Ward, &c. Others are punning rebuses of names, Bell, Bird, Roe,
Lamb, Lock, Hart3 &c.
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MAKERS' MARKS.
Note. — Before 1675 no record was kept ; but between that date and 1697 the punches
are to be found on the copper plate. They are arranged according to dates in the Chrono-
logical Table of Plate previous to 1697. The marks from 1697 and subsequently, are
in the Goldsmiths' Books ; from 1697 to 1720 the two first letters of the surname only,
and after 1720 the initials of Christian and surname, for the Old Standard ; for the
New Standard, the two first letters of the surname as before.
A.
1517 Small animal.
1579 IG Animal's head and neck.
1602 Anchor.
1660 IH Anchor between.
1697 WA Anchor between.
1705 Anchor between RO.
1700 Anchor between GO.
1713 Arrow above BO.
1718 Acorn above DA and WD.
1709 Anchor between WE.
B.
1597 TH Bear passant,
1569 Bull's head.
1579 A bird.
1604 IH Bear passant.
1694 I'd Bird above,
1688 Three birds on a shield.
1613 I T A bow between,
1668 FL Bird below.
1655 IW Leather bottle,
1682 A bird
1680 T B Large ball below.
1609 IM Barrel or wool-pack
below.
1703 WA Bird above,
1731 G B Bird above.
1716 BE Bell below.
1712 © 18 Bird above,
1697 Bird Below BL
1702 Bird below BL.
1707 Two birds above CH.
1716 Britannia above C "V and D C.
1727 Bird above T G.
1720 Bird above Ee.
1697 Bird above SY.
1735 Bird and olive branch above
LH.
1738 Bird flying above L H.
1701 Bird above Pa.
1717 Bird below P E.
1709 Bird above PR.
1741 Bird above CH.
1720 Bird flying above H O.
1710 Bird above PE.
1714 Bird below S P.
C.
1573 A Crab.
1646 IE Crown and leopard's
head.
1684 WC Cherub's head above.
1622 Crozier.
1622 GO Crozier between,
1720 E S Cup below.
1712 Pa Covered cup above,
1755 S L Cup above.
1726 WA Large cup, with 2 han=
dies, above.
1727 JT Helmet cup between.
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1 728 I L Cross flory above.
1609 A castle.
.1725 Covered cup AE above.
1725 Covered cup WA above.
1737 Covered cup above TG.
1755 Two-handled cup above ME.
1754 Cup above SL.
1757 Two-handled cup above JF.
1698 Cup on which is P E.
1732 Two-handled cup above GC.
1735 Three crowns above H H.
1741 Helmet cup between IT and
ET
D.
1571 A Dove.
1689 T C Dolphin above.
1690 HL Dog below.
1677 TC Dolphin above.
1685 IY Deer between.
1631 GO Dolphin.
1735 ID Deer couchant below.
1680 Dagger between ID.
1726 Deer's head above IE.
1719 Dog above GL.
1728 Deer above IW.
1725 Dog below LL.
1715 Dog above KiL
1721 Deer above GE.
1720 Dog seated above MO and
TM.
1715 Dog above LA.
1739 Dog above TJ.
1709 Deer above EO.
1726 Dog seated above GN.
1697 Dog above EO.
1710 Deer's head EO.
E.
1578 Spread eagle.
1602 Spread eagle, two necks.
1572 Eagle displayed.
F.
1507 A fish.
1511 A triple flower.
1562 Fleur de lis.
1583 Flag-staff bendy.
1567 A falcon.
1588 A flower.
1717 Flower above BE.
G.
1621 B Y Three-barred gate.
1569 Bunch of grapes.
1519 Bunch of grapes.
1728 Grasshopper above I M.
1739 Grapes above TG.
1700 Greyhound's head above MA.
H.
1445 A heart.
1608 A Helmet.
1532 An open hand.
1574 C P Halberd between.
1579 H C Hammer and vice.
1515 A heart.
1741 Flying horse over I W.
1717 Helmet above GU.
K.
1528 A key.
1714 and 1704 LO Key above.
1697 Key above Co.
1698 Key above L O.
L.
1616 Trefoil leaf.
1581 Trefoil.
1522 A leaflet.
1585 Three trefoil leaves.
1579 Three trefoil leaves.
1715 SA Half lion rampant above.
1712 II Lion rampant between.
1562 Three leaves on stalk.
1 732 E P Lion rampant above.
1738 Lamb and flaglLG.
1714 Demi lion above BE.
1719 Lamb and flag above IL and
LA.
1713 Lamb above LA.
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M.
1545 Crowned maiden's head.
1596 A mule.
1679 C K Mitre above.
1701 Ti Mitre above.
1718 BE Mitre above.
1680 WN Mallet between.
1726 Mitre above WI and EW.
1697 Mitre above B 0.
1727 Mitre above WS.
1727 Mitre above K A.
1739 Mitre above WS.
1700 Mitre above Sm.
1726 Mitre above I Gr.
1740 Mitre above CB.
1706 Mitre above F O.
N.
1600 N E Negro's bead below.
O.
1529 I O Orb and cross between.
1584 Orb and cross.
1697 Owl above M A.
1697 Owl above D I.
P.
1680 S Between palm branches.
1701 Peacock above PA and S.
1747 Plume above EW.
1720 Parrot above BO and GrB.
E.
1560 A Eose.
1724 IE Eose above.
1588 Tudor rose.
1716 PA A full-blown rose.
1561 A rosette.
1733 EC Eose above.
1709 EO A Eoe above.
1574 Shell.
1562 Stag's head.
1582 A shell.
1585 Star of six points,
1569 Stag's head.
1523 Pair of shears.
1551 Stag's head.
1599 Squirrel.
1689 I G- Spoon between.
1690 IB Stag above.
1699 C O Spoon above.
1706 MA Stag's head above.
1701 WA Stag's head above.
1752 SC Sun above.
1708 Swan below DA.
1708 Swan above CL.
1720 Shell above PC.
1721 Swan below IE.
1707 Swan below MA.
1716 Swan above MO.
1751 Swan above C M.
1698 Stag's head above B W.
1726 Stag's head above HP.
1713 Sun above T A.
T.
1583 A tree.
1719 DA Thistle above.
1723 Pa Tree between.
1675 E A With a figure of Victory.
W.
1535 A wheatsheaf.
1715 ME Sheaf and two sickles
above.
1720 St Whee] above.
1732 WD Wheel above.
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AMERICA.— NEW YORK.
The early settlers of Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Virginia,
and the Carolinas, being to a large extent of good families, brought
with them their plate, all of the best English period, and this incited
a taste for silversmith's work, which was early developed.
The silversmiths were always a superior class of citizens of good
repute, and made good honest work in their early English styles ;
but the workshops were small, and all the work was done by hand
up to 1836. Then commenced a financial depression which affected
the whole country, until in 1843 the protective tariff became a law,
with a duty of 35 per cent, on all silver of foreign manufacture.
This, with the increase of population and wealth, gave a new
impetus to the silversmiths, and here the line may be drawn between
the new and the old styles. From this time commenced original designs,
a greater variety of articles, the introduction of steam power and labour-
saving appliances. To-day, 1883, the art has reached great propor=
tions ; the designs, all original and no longer servile copies of the
past, have, in fact, quite a style and flavour of the country; and the
workshops have developed into great factories with steam power and
hundreds of workmen.
The silver works of Tiffany & Co., in New York, date from 1832,
and^ are now the largest devoted solely to the manufacture of silver
ware, in America, and probably in the world. The premises are
built expressly for this special work, they are heated and ventilated by
steam, with steam elevators and an immense amount of machinery of
special design and purpose, driven by 150 horse-power engine, and at
present employing about 400 work-people. Every part appertaining to
the finished product, including the preparation of stock, with pon-
derous rollers, the tools and machines and the refining of waste and dirt,
is done on the premises. A building of five stories in height, of which
the top floor is used as a designing room, with a large library and a vast
number of models ; and the designers now employed have all been
educated in the house. In 1852 Tiffany & Co. who, with other silver-
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smiths, had made their wares of the coin standard of the country,
900-1,000 fine, began, and have since continued, to make their entire
silver product of the English sterling silver standard, 920-1,000 fine ;
and since then, by their example, it has become the habit of the trade.
Tiffany & Co. stamp the quality of each article, thereby guaranteeing
it of that quality, and are so particular in this regard that every
melting is separately assayed.
The stock is made from United States Mint bars, fine and alloyed
specially with refined Lake Superior copper, and as a matter of fact
the standard is nearer 930 than 925.
During the whole of this thirty years, Tiffany & Co. have never had
an article returned to them as being of less quality than the stamp
specified.
Messrs. Tiffany & Co. exhibited at " The World's Fair " in New
York, and obtained a gold medal ; at the Paris Exposition in 1867, a
silver medal ; at the Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876, a gold medal ; and
at the Paris Exposition of 1878, the Grand Prix and one gold, one
silver, and four bronze medals for co-labourers. Messrs. Tiffany & Co.
are of opinion that this great growth and development could not have
been accomplished with a fixed Government standard with the
necessity of stamping an office mark as in England.
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THE MINT.
The Mint in the Tower dates from the erection of that fortress, and
it has been worked in almost every reign from the Conquest to the
commencement of the present century. It occupied but a very small
space within the walls, and the mechanical appliances were of a very
rude character, and totally inadequate for the purposes of coinage.
The old Koyal Mint was disused after 1810, in which year the new
Mint was established adjacent to the Tower. It covers an area as
large as that covered with the entire Tower of London itself ; it was
designed by Sir Kobert Smirke, architect, and completed in 1811, at a
cost of a quarter of a million of money. This sum included Boulton's
expensive machinery, which, by successive improvements, has been
brought to a surprising degree of perfection to meet the present
requirements.
The principal officers of the Mint were the Master, the Warden, the
Comptroller, and the King's Assayer. The annual salaries varied
frequently, according to the value of money at the time, but to give
an idea of the amounts we select three periods : —
1584. 1689. 1797.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
The Warden or Master 100 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0*
Comptroller . . . 66 13 4 300 0 0 300 0 0
King's Assayer . . 66 13 4 200 0 0 300 0 0
In 1797 the Masters emoluments, including his fees arising from a
proportion of the Seignorage and other sources, amounted to
£4,318 13s By an Act which was passed on the 12th July 1799, the
Master's salary was fixed at £3,000 per annum, in lieu of all fees he
was accustomed to receive, which amounted to a large sum upon every
considerable coinage. The Master was also Treasurer, he superintended
all the officers, and his duty was to prevent ill practices of the
* Exclusive of Fees
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moneyers in the adulteration of money, for which he was made
answerable. The selection of Master had been usually from Goldsmiths,
Sir Thomas Viner being the last who was chosen. In the 11th of
William and Alary, Sir Isaac Newton was appointed, and again in the
4th of George I., and he held the office until his death, 20th March
1727. In George III.'s reign the Masters were apparently of high
rank — Earls, Lords, and Honourables.
The Comptroller was first appointed 26 Henry II. (1179). His
duty was distinct from the Master and Warden, and they acted as a
sort of check upon each other, and no fraud could be practised without
the concurrence of all three. " The Comptroller shall annually make
a roll of gold and silver, molten and coined, and deliver it on oath
before one of the Barons of the Exchequer " previous to the trial of
the Pix. Goldsmiths were generally appointed to this important office.
But before the Reformation most unfit persons were appointed, and
Ecclesiastics were sometimes made Comptrollers. Latimer, in one
of his sermons in 1548, asks these questions : " Should we have
Ministers of the Church to be Comptrollers of the Mint? . . .
I would fain know who comptrolleth the devil at home at his
parish, while he comptrolleth the Mint ? "
The King's Assayed s duty, as his name implies, is to assay all
bullion brought into the Mint, and take an account of it as well as of
the pot assay and all ingots, and to try the value of disputed gold and
silver, and the Master is bound to stand by his report, and to super-
intend all assays, &c.
Peter Blondeau, of Paris, wras invited over to this country to
improve the coinage by his new process, and was appointed Provost of
the moneyers and engineers to carry out his improvements, which
office he held from the 14th Charles II. (1661) until the 28th of the
same king, when his patent of fourteen years expired. An agreement
was entered into with him " to furnish all the mills, rollers, presses,
and other instruments ; to cut, flatten, make round, and size the
pieces ; the engine to mark the edges of the money with letters and
grainings ; the great presses and all other tools and engines for the
new way of coining."
Engravers to the Mint.
The office of Cuneator is of high antiquity, and was held by the
family of Otto or Otho for three centuries. It seems to have
been hereditary — the onlv one in the Mint that was so. They
15
226
do not always appear to have been engravers themselves, hut
had the appointment of them, and they were under the Cuneator's
immediate cognizance. In the 27th Henry HE. William Fitz Otho
presented Richard Abel, goldsmith, to the Barons of the Exchequer
as " maker and cutter of the dies ; and in the 52nd year of the same
king, Ralph le Blund was presented by him as " cutter of the king's
dies." This privilege remained in the Otto family until the 12th of
Richard II. (1388), when the engraver of the dies was appointed by
the king.
Ruding states that the high rank of some of the persons who held
this office almost forbids the supposition that they were the mere
engravers and formers of the dies, although stated to be so, as early as
the reign of Henry I. 1100-1135, and as late as 27th Edward III.
1352. They are therefore inserted in the list of engravers until some-
thing more decisive can be obtained concerning them.
Up to about a.d. 1620, Engravers to the Mint had been selected
from goldsmiths, and the debased state of the coinage as regards artistic
merit must have become apparent, especially as the medallic art was
at that period much cultivated in Italy, Germany, Holland, and
France, and some splendid medals had been produced. The Renais-
sance had begun to supersede the Gothic, and the stiff, unmeaning
designs hitherto graved upon the coins rendered it imperative to
employ artists who had made this branch their particular study. It
was not until towards the end of Henry VII. 's reigu that any real
expression was attempted to be given to the human countenance on
the coinage of England, so that in the commencement of the sixteenth
century skilled medallists began to be appointed, and Engravers to the
Mint were no longer chosen from among the goldsmiths. The names
of the engravers, Demaire, Vincentius, Menestrelle, Briot, the
Roettiers, Blondeau, and Dassier, prove that England was largely
indebted to the foreign element for the subsequent improvement of the
coinage.
There were many other officers of less importance, as Weigher and
Teller, Surveyor of the Meltings, Clerk of the Irons, Clerks, &c.
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APPENDIX.
THE MINT {continued).
Wardens.
Anno. Richard I,
4-5 Henry de Cornhill.
8 Odo Parvus and others.
John.
3 Hugh Oisel.
4 Wido de Vou.
5 Hugh Oisel.
9 Nigel Eufus and Odo Parvus.
Henry III.
1 Hubert de Burg.
6 Ilger the Goldsmith and others
8 Alexander de Dorsete, Henry de
St. Albans
Anno.
13 Eichard Eeinger (London and
Canterbury).
27 Otto Fitz William.
29 William Hardell, and 32 (Lon-
don and Canterbury).
31 Walter de Flemeng.
32 Walter de More.
35 I. Silvestre.
36 I. de Somercote.
42 William, the King's Goldsmith
(London and Canterbury).
50-54 B. de Castello and E. de
Geoffrey (London and
Canterbury).
54-56 Ditto.
Masters of the Mints.
Edward I.
3-10 Gregory de Eokesley.
8- 13 William de Turnemire (Gas-
cony).
Eichard de Lothebury (St.
Edmunds).
9- 28 Alexander Norman de Luic
(Dublin).
14-15 John de Catureo (London
and Canterbury).
25-28 John Porcher.
25 to 12 Ed. II. Eoger de Eede (St.
Edmunds).
Edward II.
2-6 John de Pontoyse.
8 Lapine Eoger (London and Can-
terbury).
10- 12 Giles de Hertesburg (Lon-
don and Canterbury).
12 Allan de Cove (St. Edmunds).
12 to 17 Lapine Eoger (London
and Canterbury).
13 HughdeHouton(St.Edmunds). 1
Edward III.
1 Eoger Eykeman (London and
Canterbury).
17 George Kirkyn.
17- 24 Henry Brisele, and 28 (Lon-
don and Canterbury).
Hugh Martyn (Bordeaux).
18- 19-28 Percival de Porche.
18-22 Luke Nicholyn and George
Clerkyn.
Walter de Dunflower.
34 G. de Barde, 40 to 43-44-50.
36-37 Eobert de Porche.
40 John Chichester.
45 to 48 Barde t de Malepilys.
Eichard II.
1 to 14 G. de Bardes (Calais).
18 Nicholas Malakine.
John Wildeman.
19 to 21 Geoffrey Mullekyn.
Henry IY.
3-4 Walter Merwe.
15 *
228
Anno.
14 Richard Garner.
Lodowic John.
Henry V.
1-2-5-7 Lodowic or Lowys John
(London and Calais).
5 Conrad Melwer (Normandy).
9 Bartholomew Goldbeter.
4 Robert Manfeld.
Henry VI.
1-11 Bartholomew Goldbeter.
10-11 William Russe.
13-14 John Paddesley.
24-38 Robert Manfeld.
37-49 Sir Richard Tonstall, knt.
39 Germayne Lynch (Ireland).
Robert Bishop of Ross.
Edward IV.
1-16 William Lord Hastings (Lon-
don and Calais).
1-13 Germayne Lynch (Ireland).
19 Hugh Brice.
22 Bartholomew Reed.
Richard III.
1 Robert Brackenbury.
Henry VII.
1-5 Lord Dawbeney and Bw. Reed.
1 Robert Bowley (Dublin and
Waterford).
8 John Shaa and Bw. Reed.
9 Robert Fenrother and Bw. Reed.
10-13 John Shaa and Bw. Reed.
Henry VEIL
1-10 W. Blount, Lord Mountjoy,
and 22.
15 William Wright.
18 Ralph Rowlet and Martin
Bowes.
25 William Tillesworth (Canter-
bury).
34 Sir Martin Bowes and Ralph
Rowlett.
35-36 Sir Martin Bowes.
Edward VI.
1-2 John York and others.
1-2 William Tilsworth.
1-2 Sir Martin Bowes.
2 George Gale and John York.
3-5 Sir Edmund Peckham.
Sir William Sharrington.
Anno.
4-6 Martin Pirri (Dublin).
5 York and Throgmorton.
6 George Gale, J ohn Winde, Rich-
ard Lee (York).
Philip and Mary,
1 Thomas Egerton,
Elizabeth.
2 Sir Thomas Stanley and others,
14-19 John Lonison.
15 Thomas Stanley.
23-25 Sir Richard Martin and
26-43 Richard Martin, his son.
James I.
1-3 Sir Richard Martin and his
son Richard.
13 Lord Knevet and E. Doubleday .
17-21 Randall Cranfield.
21- 23 Sir Edward Villiers.
Charles I.
I- 11 Sir Robert Harley, and 18,
II- 16 Sir Ralph Freeman.
13 Thomas Bushell (Aberistwith).
22 Henry Slingsby.
John Faulkner (Edinburgh).
Commonwealth.
1-3 Dr. Aaron Guerdain,
Charles II.
12 Sir William Parkhurst.
12-14 Sir Ralph Freeman.
Sir Thomas Vyner ^ &
Robert Vyner > 3
Daniel Bellingham ) p
22- 30 Henry Slingsby.
30 Thomas Neale.
James II.
I Thomas Neale.
4 John Trinder
Thomas Goddard
William Talbot
William Brumfield I ^Vnmm)'
Francis Rice
Edward Fox
Walter Plunket (Limerick).
William and Mary.
1-10 Thomas Neale.
II Sir Isaac Newton.
Major Wyvil (York).
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Anno. George I.
4-12 Sir Isaac Newton.
George II.
12 John Conduit.
11-13 Honble. Richard Arundell.
Anno.
18 The same.
18-30 William Chetwind.
George in.
All Noblemen.
Comptrollers of the Mint.
Edward II.
5-15 Roger Frowicke(Canterbury).
Edward III.
3-4 John Ponteyse.
23 and 28 Richard de Gryminesby
(London and Canterbury).
28-34 Henry de Brusle (York).
36- 37 Gauter de Bard 44.
37- 43 Eustas de Glaston.
Richard II.
2- 5-14 William Fitzhugh Gold-
smith.
13 Thomas Drayton.
Henry V.
5-7 William Fitzhugh.
Henry YI.
1-8 John Derlyngton.
1 Thomas Rotherham (York).
8 John Tyse.
9-10 John Hexham.
13-19 Henry Ragley.
16 and 23 Giles Seyntlowe (Calais).
23-28 Thomas Thorpe.
22 William Weever (Calais).
29 Richard Joynour,
30-38 Humphrey Hayford, Gold-
smith
Edward IV.
1 Thomas St. Legier.
Henry VII.
1-3 Nicholas Flynte.
Henry VIII.
3- 10 Henry Wyott.
33 Peter Meawtas.
34-36 Hugh Egglionbie.
36 Robert Brookes.
Edward VI.
3 Sir John Godsalve.
Robert Recorde (Bristol).
4 Thomas Fleetwood.
Oliver Dawbeney (Dublin).
Elizabeth.
1 Thomas Stanley.
37 Andrew Palmer.
James I.
2-15 Richard Rogers.
Charles I.
1 Richard Rogers and William
Wood.
15 Henry Cogan and William
Wheeler.
Commonwealth.
1 Henry Cogan.
3 Barnardiston,
Charles II.
13 James Hoare.
James II.
4 Holland, Morgan, Osborn, and
Dempsey (Dublin).
William and Mary.
James Hoare.
Anne.
2 John Ellis.
10 Edward Phelips.
13 Martin Bladen.
George I.
1 Martin Bladen.
George II,
2-29 Lord Aylmer.
28 John Buller.
George HI.
26 John Buller.
38 John Carthew,
230
King's Assay Masters.
Anno. Henry III.
6 Robertus de G-rettone.
G-alfridus de Frowic.
32 Richard Bonaventure.
Galfridus Rikeward (Canter-
bury).
33 Peter Delveday (Winchester).
34 Bartholomew de Castello.
Edward I.
1 and 2 Bartholomew de Braun-
cestre.
3 Gregory Rokesley.
5 Richard de Bentley (St. Ed-
munds),
8 John de Rede (St. Edmunds).
— Fache.
10 John Guyot.
25 Hugh Howton (St. Edmunds).
28 John de Sandale.
Edward II.
12 Lapine Roger (Canterbury).
14 John de Redgrave (St. Ed-
munds).
Edward III.
1 John de Pontoise (London and
Canterbury).
6 Arnold Delescapoins.
11-19 Geoffrey de Thoresby (Can-
terbury).
William de Salop (Calais).
25 and 30 and 35 Hugh de Wy-
chyngham.
26-28 Richard de Grymesbi (Lon-
don and Canterbury).
32 Peter de la Grote.
35 Clare de Court.
41 Eustace de Glaston.
49-50 John de Leycestre.
49 John de Maunsfeld (Calais).
Richard II.
1-11-14 John Leycestre.
17 John Wildeman.
17-18 Richard Clytherowe (Calais).
20-21 Walte Merwe.
20 John Feld (Calais).
Henry IV.
1-14 William Fitzhugh,Goldsmith.
13 Thomas Drayton.
Anno. Henry V.
5-7 William Fitzhugh.
9 John Derlyngton.
Jacob Shaft (Calais).
Henry VI.
1-8 John Derlyngton.
1 Thomas Rotherham (York).
1 Jacob Shaft (Calais).
8 John Tyse.
9-10 John Hexham.
13 Henry Hagley.
16 Giles Seyntlowe (Calais).
18 f Henry Hagley.
\ Thomas Thorpe.
23-28 Thomas Thorpe.
29 Richard Joynour.
30-38 Humphrey Hay ford.
Edward IV.
1 Thomas St. Legier.
Henry VII.
1-3 Nicholas Flynte.
Henry VIII.
1-4 Henry Wyott.
35-36 Hugh Eglonby.
John York.
William Billingsley .
William Knight.
Thomas Stanley.
36 Laurence Warren, Goldsmith.
Edward VI.
3 William Billingsley.
Thomas Stanley.
4 William Knight.
4-6 William Williams (Ireland).
Elizabeth.
1-3 William Humphreys.
1 John Bull.
I n C William Humfrie.
18 (William Williams.
25-32 William and Walter Wil-
liams.
James I.
8-15 Walter Williams and Andrew
Palmer.
8 John Reynold.
231
Anno. Charles I.
1 Andrew Palmer and G. Turner.
3 Andrew Palmer.
12 George Turner and others.
Commonwealth.
1 Andrew Palmer and Thomas
Woodward.
Charles II.
23 Sir John Brattle.
William and Mary.
3 Sir John Brattle.
Daniel Brattle.
Charles Brattle.
Anno. George I.
3 Charles Brattle.
9-12 Hopton Haynes.
George II.
2 Hopton Haynes.
7 Joshua White.
— Whitaker.
19-24 Joseph Harris.
24 Joseph Lucas.
George III.
4 Joseph Harris.
4 Joseph Lucas.
29 Stanesby Alchorne.
38 Robert Bingley.
A List or Engravers to the Mint.
William I. or II.
Otto the Elder.
Henry I.
Otto the Younger.
William Fitz Otto.
John.
6 William Fitz Otho.
Henry III.
6 Mich de St. Elene.
27 William Fitz Otho.
Eichard Abel.
49 Thomas Fitz Otho.
52 Ralph le Blund.
Edward I.
8 Hugh Fitz Otho.
18 Thomas Fitz Otho.
22 Otho Fitz William.
30 John Lord Boutetort.
Edward III.
3 William Lord Latimer.
27-47 Ditto.
Richard II.
12 John Edmund, Goldsmith, ap
pointed by the King.
Henry V.
9 Gilbert Van Brandeburgh.
Henry VI.
1-9 Gilbert Brandeburgh;
10-19 John Orewell.
32 William Wodeward.
39 German Lynch (Ireland).
Edward IV.
2 Edmund Shaa (London
Calais).
Richard III.
1 John Shaa.
Henry VII.
2 Nicholas Flynte.
Henry VIII.
1- 4 John Sharpe.
— Demaire.
Edward VI.
6 Deric Anthonie.
Philip and Mary.
Vincent ius.
Elizabeth.
2- 18 Derrick Anthony.
Menestrelle.
James I.
8 Charles Anthony.
John Dicker.
Charles I.
3- 8 Nicholas Briot.
5 Edward Greene.
21 Thomas Simon.
23 Thomas Rawlins,
232
Anno. Commonwealth.
1 Thomas Simon.
Cromwell.
2 Thomas Simon.
Charles II.
12 Thomas Simon.
John Roettier.
James Roetier.
Norbert Roetier.
Philip Roetier.
Joseph Roetier.
14 Thomas Simon and John
Roetier.
32 Henry Harris.
William and Mary.
1 Three Roetier s.
Anne.
4 John Croker.
Samuel Bull.
Gabriel Clerk.
GrEORGE I.
12 Samuel Bull.
John Croker.
Anno. GrEORGE II.
John Croker.
I John Rolles.
— Beresford.
2-13 J. Sigismund Tanner.
14 James Anthony Dassier.
Richard Yeo.
J. Ralph Ocks, Jun.
15 J. Sigismund Tanner, J. R. Ocks,
and John Tanner.
22 J. Sigismund Tanner, J. R.
Ocks, and J. A. Dassier.
23 Tanner, Dassier, and Yeoman.
24 Tanner, Dassier, Yeoman, and
R. Yeo.
25 Tanner & Yeo.
28 Tanner, Yeo, and Dassier.
31 Tanner, Yeo, and Ocks.
GrEORGE III.
4 Lawrence Natter.
II Thomas Pingo.
19 Lewis Pingo.
27 John Pingo.
37 Nathaniel Marchant.
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CELEBEATED GOLDSMITHS.
(Compiled from Lacroix, Du Sommerard, and various other sources.)
Italy.
IX. cent. Wolvinus. The Paliotto of St. Ambrose, Milan. He also
(835) made the celebrated Golden Altar of Milan. In one of
the medallions the artist signed his name, dated 835,
Wolvinus Magistee Phabek.
1138 Leo of Molino. Venetian Goldsmith.
1286 John of Pisa. Goldsmith at Florence.
1300c Cione, his Pupil, Goldsmith. Gothic Bas-relief, the Altar in
the Church of St. John the Baptist at Florence, 10 feet wide
by 3 1 feet deep, 4 feet 3 inches high.
1300 Bertucci of Venice.
1334 Mondino of Cremona.
1338 Ugolino of Siena. The Reliquary of Orvieto.
1371 Leonardo di Fer Giovanni. Goldsmith of Florence. The Gothic
Silver Altar of Pistoia, weighing 447 ounces.
1382 Giacomo di Marco Benato of Venice.
1398 Andrea Arditi of Florence.
Born 1400, died 1481 Lucca Delia Eobbia. Commenced his career as
a Goldsmith at Florence, afterwards a Sculptor.
1415 Bartolucci Ghiberti. Shrine of St. Zanobi.
,, Nicolo Bonaventura and Enrico his Nephew.
1446 Thomasso Ghiberti. Chandeliers of the Baptistery, Florence.
1450 Lorenzo Ghiberti. The Bronze Gates of the Baptistery,
Florence.
1498 Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Pupil of Bartolomeo Ghiberti,
„ Giovanni Turini of Siena. Pupil of Pollaiuolo.
„ Bartolomeo Cenni.
1477 Andrea del Verocchio. Baptistery of Florence,
„ Antonio Salvi.
1483 Giacomo di Filippo of Padua,
1484 Antonello di Pietro. Venice.
„ Alessandro Leopardi. Venice.
1452 Maso Finiguerra. Worker in Niello, &c.
1487 Francesco Eaibolini ; called Francia 1450-1517.
1495 Tomasso Corradi del Ghirlandajo. Florence.
Alberto di Pietro. Venice.
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1500 Anibrogio Foppa ; called Caradosso of Milan.
„ Paolo Rizzo. Damascener, Venice. Snrnamed " Azzimino."
„ Michelagnolo di Giuliano. Florence. Master of Cellini.
1470 Sandro Botticelli 1446-1510 (Alessandro Filipepi).
1520 Andrea del Sarto (son of Agnolo, a tailor), Florence.
XVI. cent. Antelletto Bracciaforte of Piacenza.
„ Maggiano of Piacenza.
„ Antonio di Sandro. Master of Cellini.
„ Giovanni da Firenzuola.
„ Carlo Sovico. Milan. Damascener on Gold.
„ Girolamo dal Prato. Son-in-law of Caradosso.
„ Luca Agnolo. Workman of Cellini.
1540 Benvenuto Cellini. Born 1500, apprenticed at thirteen to
Michael Angelo di Giuliano the Goldsmith, travelled to Pisa,
Bologna, Eome, &c, thence to Florence and Paris; died
1570.
XVI. cent. Valerio Vincentino,
Pilote.
„ Piero, Giovanni and Romolo del Tovalloccio.
„ Piero di Mino.
„ Lautizio of Perugia.
„ Vincenzo Dati.
„ Giovanni Pietro Figino. Damascener of Milan.
„ Bartolomeo Piatto. ,,
„ Francesco Pellizzone. „ „
„ Martino Ghinello. „
Spain.
Quoted by M. Eiafio from a book of specimens presented for admission
into the Corporation of Silversmiths of Catalonia, by artists who
worked in gold and enamel, with dates and subjects of their designs.
1534 Juan Masanell. Jeweller. Jewels and pendants.
1537 Rafael Ximenes. A dagger.
„ Antonio de Valder. A dagger.
1545 Benedict Sabat. An enamelled jug.
1545 Gabriel Comes. A hand -screen with delicate handle.
1551 Pero Juan Poch. Goldsmith to Empress Isabella. A vase.
1553 Antonio Conill. A dagger.
1559 Francisco Perez. A necklace.
1561 Juan Ximenez. Pendant jewel.
„ Francisco Vida. Figure of Phaeton,
1567-97 Felipe Ros. Enamelled medallion and vase.
1572 Juan Font. A vase.
1575 Narciso Valla. Pendant jewel.
1586 Juan Pau, Medal of Santiago.
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1513 Enrique d'Arfe. Goldsmith from Germany. Custodias made
for the Cathedrals of Cordova and Toledo, where they
remain.
XVI. cent. Becerril, Carrion, and Merino are mentioned as makers
of Ecclesiastical ornaments and utensils.
France.
474 Mabuinus, a Gallic goldsmith, is noted in the wil] of Per-
petuus, Bishop of Tours, who died in 474 : — "A toi frere et
eveque, tres cher Eufronius, je donne et legue mon reliquaire
d' argent, J'entends celui que j'avais coutume de porter sur
moi ; car le reliquaire d'or qui est dans mon tresor, les deux
calices d'or, et la croix d'or fabriquee par Mabuinus, je les
donne et legue a mon egiise."
588 Abbo, of Limoges, was goldsmith and Mint-master to
Clothaire II.
XI. cent. Odoram, a monk of Dreux, in Normandy, made many chasses,
crucifixes, and Church ornaments.
1242 Bonnard of Paris, goldsmith was the maker of the Chasse of
St. Genevieve, in which he employed 193 marcs of silver
and 1\ marcs of gold. It is in form of a Gothic Church,
adorned with statuettes.
Alcuin, 735-804, was the friend and adviser of Charlemagne,
who was possessor of the greatest wealth of any monarch of
the west in his age, and especially encouraged the Gold-
smiths' Art. Alcuin was the founder of many monasteries,
wThich were nurseries of art as much as seats of learning :
and Ecclesiastical utensils, reliquaries, &c, were made, to
embellish the Churches under his supervision.
1292 Gilbert (Englishman). Goldsmith at Paris.
„ John of London. „ „
„ Eobert of England. „ „
„ Eichard. Enameller, of London. Goldsmith at Paris.
„ Sendrin. „ „ „ „
1322 Nicolas di Nigella. Goldsmith. Paris.
1352 Jehan Le Brailler. Goldsmith to John II. (The Good).
1354 Jehan de Lille.
1364 Jean de Mautreux. Goldsmith to Koi Jean.
1370 Jean de Mau croix of Paris.
1382 Jean de Premierfait of Troyes.
1389 Perrin Bonhomme.
1407 Jean Fanconnier of Tours.
1394 Pierre Blondel.
1396 Hans Croist. Goldsmith to the Duke of Orleans.
1400 Nicolas Giffart of Paris. Goldsmith to the Duke of Or leans.
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1400 Jean Delut of Paris. Goldsmith to the Duchess of Orleans.
„ Jean de Bry.
„ Ghiselin Charpentier, of Tournay.
„ Hannequin. Goldsmith to Charles V.
„ Henry. Goldsmith to Duke D'Anjou.
„ Jean de Piguigny. Goldsmith to Duke of Normandy.
1405 Jean Mainfroy. Goldsmith to Duke of Burgundy.
1417 Michel Blondel of Paris.
1425 Jean Martin of Boulogne.
1428 Jean Desprez of Lille.
1432 Huart Duvivier. Jeweller.
1433 Pierre de la Haye.
1435 Pierre le Charron. Goldsmiths' enameller.
1453 Jean Gilbert of Tours.
1440 Jacques Coeur of Bourges. Goldsmith and Councillor of
Charles VII.
1455 Gilbert Lorin. Goldsmith to Charles VII.
1495 Jean Gallant. Goldsmith to Charles VIII..
1498 Charles Faulcon. Goldsmith to Louis XIL
1499 Arnould de Viviers. Goldsmith to Anne of Brittany.
1514 Louis Deuzan. Goldsmith to Louis XII. and Francis I.
„ Pierre Mangot. „ „ „
1538 Benedict Pamel. „ „ „
1529 Jean Cousin of Paris.
1535 Eobert Eouvet of Paris. Goldsmith to Francis I.
1538 Pyramus Triboullet. Mounter of vases.
1540 Benvenuto Cellini. Worked in France for five years— -1540-45.
1541 Jean Cousin the Elder.
„ Jean L' enfant.
„ Matthieu Marcel.
„ Mathurin Lussault.
1544 Eichard Toutin.
1550 Claude Marcel (born 1520) of Paris. Goldsmith to Henri III.
1555 Gilles Suramond. Goldsmith to Henry II.
1556 Jean Doublet. „ „
„ Pierre Woeriot of Lorraine.
1560 Francois Briot. A goldsmith, whose models in pewter are
preserved.
1570 Francois Desjardins. Goldsmith to Charles IX.
„ Claude de la Haye. „
1573 Francois Guyard. Goldsmith to Henry III.
„ Etienne Delaulne of Strasbourg (called Stephanus).
1584 Guillaume Arondelle. Goldsmith to Catherine de Medicis.
„ Jean de la Haye (son of Claude). Goldsmith to Henri IV.
and Gabrielle d'Estrees.
1608 Pierre Courtois. Goldsmith to Henri IV.
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1608
Nicolas Eoussel.
1618
Jean Toutin. Enanieller.
1621
Gedeon Lesgare of Chaumont.
1623
Laurent Lesgare.
Bene de la Haye. Goldsmith to
Cardinal Mazarin.
1624
Vincent Petit.
1631
Eaymond Lescot,
1635
Francois Lefebvre.
1638
Jacques de Launay.
1642
Jacques Eoussel. Goldsmith to Louis XIII.
Eoberdet. „
Mazarin.
1645
Claude Ballin. „
Louis XIV.
1647
Nicolas Delaunay. ,,
Thomas Merlin.
1663
Gilles Legare. ,,
1665
Claude de Yillars. ,,
1667
Pierre Germain. „
>>
1677
Pierre Bain. „
>j
1698
Pierre de Montarsy. „
1681
Claude Ballin (nephew).
1689
Jean Baptiste Loir.
Les Courtois.
1703
Pierre Bourdon.
1704
Thomas Germain (son of Pierre) was a celebrated Goldsmith
in Paris. He was buried in the Chapel of St. Thomas de
Cantorbery in Paris.
1714 Philippe Caffieri.
1723 Just Aurele Meissonnier. Designer.
Claude de Villers at the Gobelins.
1745 Jacques Eoettiers. Goldsmith to the King, and Graver of
Puncheons.
„ Charles Eoettiers. Goldsmith to Louis XV.
1748 Antoine Bailly.
1752 Francois Thomas Germain.
1761 Eobert Joseph Auguste. The Crown of Louis XVI.
1 766 Gouthiere. Mounter of Vases, &c.
„ Claude Nicolas Delanoy.
1770 Jacques Nicolas Eoettiers (the son).
1774 Jean Claude Odiot. Enameller.
Germany.
X. cent. St. Bernward, Bishop of Hildesheim, bom about 960, conse-
crated 992, died 1022- Among the treasures of the
Cathedral are preserved several of Bernward's artistic
works, executed in the precious metals, notably, — the brass
door of the Cathedral, sculptured with various subjects;
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the Bernward Altar Candle-sticks, made for the Church of
St. Mary Magdalen at Hildesheim ; and the Gold Cross, set
with precious stones, inscribed with his name and date
MXV. A Silver Crook, or Episcopal Staff, is also preserved
in the Cathedral. A Golden Chalice and Paten, weighing
20 pounds, Censers, and other costly works, are spoken of by
his historian, Thangmar, which were melted down in times
of distress.
XI. cent. Theophilus, a monk, but of what country is unknown—
whether of Italy, Germany, or Trance — wrote an essay,
entitled " Diversarum Artium Schedula," in the middle of
the XI. century, on Goldsmiths' work, enamels, painting
on glass, &c, minutely describing the various processes, and
especially treating of Ecclesiastical vessels. His treatise
was evidently intended to instruct the monks of other
convents how to fabricate and adorn Goldsmiths' work
generally, niello and engraving on metal plaques. He was,
without doubt, a Goldsmith himself, as well as a worker in
glass and painter upon it.
1181 Nicolas of Verdun. The Antependium of Kloster Neuberg.
„ Conrad of Husse. The Grand Chalice of Weingartein in
Suabia, executed and signed by him.
1472 Hans Grieff. Enamelled statuette and reliquary.
1482 Heinrich Hofnagel of Augsburg.
1528 Albert Durer. Apprentice of his father, Goldsmith, Nuremberg,
„ Wenzel Jamnitzer of Nuremberg, 1508-1585.
1548 Theodore de Bry. Frankfort.
1583 Christopher Jamnitzer of Nuremberg.
XVI. cent. Kellerthaler of Nuremberg.
„ Anton and Franz Schweinberger of Augsburg.
1589 Jonas Silber of Nuremberg.
1595 Daniel Mignot of Augsburg.
„ Hans Pegolt of Augsburg.
XVII. cent. Mathseus Walbaum of Augsburg. Made the famous
Silver Images of the Chest of the Dukes of Pomerania,
now in the Kunstkammer of Berlin.
1685 Johan Melchior Dinglinger. Ob. 1731. Bom 1665. Gold-
smith of Augustus. He studied at Augsburg, and settled
in Dresden in 1702. Many of his works are preserved there
in the Green Vaults.
1734 Johann Andreas Thelot of Augsburg.
XVII. cent. Marc Krundler.
„ Hans Schroder.
„ Jean A. Sande.
„ Jean Helleck.
„ Adam Krafft of Nuremberg.
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1520 Hans Krug or Kruger of Nuremberg.
1440-88 Martin Schongauer (Martin Schoen). Apprenticed to his
father, Goldsmith.
XVI. cent. Peter Vischer of Nuremberg.
1564 Jacob Hofmann „
1570 Hans Maslizer „
„ Johann Kornemann of Augsburg.
„ George Prunl of Augsburg.
„ Meutings of Nuremberg.
„ Lucas Kilian.
Holland.
XVII. cent. Laurent Jans Micker of Amsterdam.
Adrien Muntinck.
„ Adam Van Vianen.
„ Abraham Heckius.
„ Heinrich Jans sen.
„ Michael Le Blond of Amsterdam.
1656 Jean Lutma. Goldsmith of Amsterdam, whose portrait,
etched in 1656 by Rembrandt, is well known.
Belgium.
Principally of the XV. century. Goldsmiths to Dukes of Burgundy.
1449 Simon Lachengon of Ghent.
1466 Baldwin the Priest ,,
1405 Jean Mainfroy (" Orfevre de Monseigneur "). Duke of Bur-
gundy.
1420 Louis Leblasere of Bruges.
1450 Gerard Loyet.
1431 Jean Pentin of Bruges.
1393 Josse Cunin of Bruges.
1432 Collart Lefevre of Bruges.
„ Jehan Van Berghen of Brussels.
1486 Corneille de Bonte of Ghent. Established in 1472 (A Gothic
Silver " Boite aux huiles Saintes," is in the possession of
a collector at Ghent), with his punch and date 1486.
XV. cent. Van Houten of Ghent.
Van Ravenscoot of Ghent.
„ Jean Van Acken.
1424 Michelet Ravary of Bruges.
„ Jean de Cologne. Goldsmith and Architect.
XV. cent. Jean de Bry of Tournay.
„ Gilles Steclin of Valenciennes.
,, Robert Lenoble of Burgundy.
„ Jacques Alart of Douai.
„ Jean Domenique of Bruges,
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XV. cent. Jean Van der Kelde.
„ Clasquin.
„ Victor Mas of St. Onier.
„ Jean Godele of Liege.
„ Jean Collaert of Antwerp.
„ Regiiault de Barbier of Arras.
„ Jean de Miron.
INVOICES OF MESSRS. CHILD AND ROGERS 1685-1687.
The following extract from an account of the Earl of Devonshire with
Messrs. Child and Rogers, Goldsmiths, Temple Bar, in 1687, may
interest some of our readers : —
£
s.
d.
ffor a greate silver cisterne, weight 3,496 oz., at 7s. per oz.
1223
12
0
ffor a case .......
6
10
0
ffor a suger-box, weighing 32 oz., at 7s. per oz.
11
3
3
ffor graveing a bason and ewre
1
15
0
ffor boyleing the plate, which I sauld at 5s. 8d. per oz.
1
0
0
ffor a greate jarr, 2 flower potts, 4 little jarrs, a bottle,
with a spoon, weight 255J oz., at 6s. per oz. .
76
13
0
ffor a pair of andirons, 143 oz. 12 dwt., at 7s. 2d. per oz.
51
9
0
ffor the iron worke ......
0
12
0
ffor 2 figures on pedestalls, 164 oz. 10 dwt., at 6s. 8d.
per oz. . . . . ...
49
7
0
ffor 2 branch candlesticks, 172 oz. 14 dwt., at 6s. per oz.
51
16
0
ffor 1 dozen and \ of silver guilt plates, 475 oz., at 8s. 6d.
per oz., is . .
201
17
6
The Honble. Charles Bertie, in account with Messrs.
Child and
Rogers, 1685.
For a pnnch bowle and cover, guilt all over, weight
223J oz., at 10s. per oz., is
111
15
0
For graveing it .....
2
0
0
For a case and a box . .
1
13
0
In one of Alderman Edward Backwell's ledgers (now at Messrs.
Childs'), nnder date 29th April 1670, is a charge for plate supplied
to Prince Rupert : —
To 12 dishes, 4 plates, 3 pairs of candlesticks, 1 pair of
candlesticks guilt, 5 dozen plates, 1 sweetmeat stand,
2 cannes, 6 sconces, 24 forks, 24 spoons, 2 sugar casters,
12 salts, 1 pepper box, 1 mustard pot, 2 cruetts, 2
snuffer pans, 2 pairs of snuffers, wey. 272 ozs. 3 dwts.
9 grs., with fashion and engraving . . . ,£960 3 9
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INVOICES OF PAUL DE LAMEBIE 1721-1725.
I am indebted to the kindness of Lieut.-General P. W. Phillipps
Treby, R.A., for permission to publish an interesting document which
has been preserved in his family. It is an invoice of plate supplied by
Paul de Lamerie to the Honble. George Treby, Privy Counsellor and
Secretary at War in the time of Queen Anne, and M.P. for Plympton,
South Devon, who was son of Sir George Treby, Chief Justice of
Common Pleas in 1692, died a.d. 1700. The plate therein described,
weighing 4,500 ounces, was charged upwards of <£2,000, and delivered
in the years 1721 to 1725. A few of these pieces still remain in the
family, and will be found noticed in the subjoined list. According
to the practice of Goldsmiths at that time, the bill first states
the mint price of silver of the new standard, with the duty of 6d.
added, amounting to 6s. Id. Then the fashion per ounce, ranging
from 8d. to as high as 6s. per oz., according to the labour be-
stowed upon the piece. The engraving is also charged separately ;
thus, for engraving the coat of arms on a salver, the charge was £8 8s.
Two double salts, weighing only 27 ozs. 10 dwts., amount to £8 14s.;
the fashion being =£8 8s. Gilding was an expensive operation, and cost
2s. 6d. per oz. This will account for the superiority perceptible in old
gilding as compared with that of the present day, which from its
beauty and durability may be called plating with gold, rather than
washing or that process now so economically accomplished called electro
gilding, just as the contrast is noticed between the fine old Sheffield
silver plating and the modern Birmingham system of gilding and
silvering by the electro deposit.
A certain amount of confusion has arisen in attributing to Paul de
Lamerie the marks of some other silversmiths. One of these, Pierre
Platel, used the same initials, and nearly the same accessories of a
crown and star above with a fleur de lis below, between the years 1697
and 1720.
By comparing the two marks of Paul de Lamerie and Pierre Platel,
the variations are clearly perceptible. The shapes of the escutcheons
are different. That of de Lamerie has a semi-circular top and straight
sides. That of Platel has a straight wedge-shaped top with concave
sides. The letters P.L of de Lamerie have a dot between. The PL of
Platel have no dot between.
Independent of this, de Lamerie used, according to the Act of Parlia-
ment, from 1712 to 1732, on Britannia silver the letters LA.
During the same period, Platel used the letters PL, commencing in
June 1699, before de Lamerie's time. Platel appears, from the word
"dead" being placed against his name in the Goldsmiths' book, to
have died about 1720. A Philip Platel, perhaps his son, entered his
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name in November 1737, but without the crown, rose, or fieur de lis —
PP within a double scroll.
Paul de Lamerie, in June 1739 adopted script letters, PL.
Another manufacturer, who appears to have been a spoon maker,
adopted, by equal right, the letters LA in script under a coronet, not a
regal crown, but previous to de Lamerie' s time — a certain John Lady man,
who entered his name in 1697, of which specimens are quoted in our
list of 1698-1703 and 1704.
1721-1725.
£
s.
d.
Delivred 6 dozens of plates and 18 dishes, weighing to-
gether 2,355 oz. 11 dwt., att 6s. 2d. per oz.
726
5
10
Fashion 8d. per oz. . .
78
10
6
Engraving of all att 5s. each
22
10
0
Delivred a fyne polished surtout cruette frame, casters,
branches and saucers, weighing together 505 oz. 10 dwt.,
att 6s. 4d. per oz. .
161
1
6
Fashion 3s. 6d. per oz. .
88
9
0
Engraving of all . .
5
10
0
For 8 square cristall botles ....
4
0
0
For ye tronk for it all .
3
10
0
Delivred a lardge silver cupp and cover, weighing 176 oz.
14 dwt., att 6s. 4d. per oz. .
55
19
2
Fa.sTiinn 1 8<1 npv 07
J- t b O U J VM 1 XUU.« J ' V_ _L Vy /j t
±0
10
Engraving . . . . ...
1
0
0
Delivred a terrinne, weighing 138 oz. 15 dwt.
43
18
9
Fashion 18d. per oz.
10
8
0
Engraving ......
0
12
0
12knifs,12 spoons, 12 forks for desert, weighing 47 oz. 12 dwt.
15
1
5
Fashion of ye knifs, att 5s. each
3
0
0
Fashion of ye spoons and forks, att 3s. each .
3
12
0
Engraving of all
1
10
0
Gilding of them all
6
6
0
Blades . . . .
1
4
0
Case for them all ....
1
10
0
Delivred 6 litle salvers, weighing 78 oz. 5 dwt.
24
15
7
Fashion 18d. each .....
5
17
0
Engraving ......
1
10
0
4 ladles or ragoos spoons, weigh 27 oz. 10 dwt.
8
14
0
Fashion 2s. per oz.
2
14
0
Engraving ......
0
6
0
,£1,292
9
9
243
£ s.
d.
Delivred 4 sauce boats, weighing 90 oz. 15 dwt.
26 14
o
Fashion 4s. per oz. .
18 0
o
Engraving .....
1 12
o
6 salts, weighing 27 oz. 2 dwt.
8 11
8
Fashion 12s. a piece ....
3 12
0
Engraving .....
0 6
0
2 doble salts for ye surtout, 27 oz. 10 dt.
8 14
0
Fashion of ye two ....
8 8
0
Engraving .....
0 12
0
For ye 3 tronks .....
8 0
0
.£84 09
8
Totall .
£ 8. d.
1,292 9 9
84 9 8
£1,376 19 5
£ s. d.
Delivred 2 lardge salvers, weighing 103 oz. 15 dwt.,att 6s. 4d
per oz.
Fashion, 18d. per oz.
Engraving of ye two
A ring, weighing 41 oz. 8 dwt.
Fashion 2s.
Engraving
32 17
7 16
1 10
13 2
4 2
0 4
£59 11 4
We have selected the following from a number of other receipts
bearing his signature
April ye 25th, 1721.
Reced now d formerly ye summe of one thounsand (sic) pounds in part
of my bill by me.
£1,000.
16
244
£
s.
d.
Delivred a lardge fyne rought dishe, cupp and cover, weigh-
ing 266 oz. 10 dwt., att 6s. Id. per oz.
81
1
2
Fashion 3s. per oz.
39
19
6
Chasing ye coat of arms one ye dishe .
8
8
0
Engraving ye cnpp and cover .
0
7
6
Gilding of ye cupp and cover, att 2s. 6d. per oz.
10
16
0
Cases for them both .....
1
10
0
Delivred 6 forks, att 13 shillings a piece
3
18
0
Engraving 9d. each .
0
4
0
Case for them all .
1
1
0
For making a new spout to ye coffee pot, weighing more
than ye cock, 3 oz. 10 dwt. .
1
1
0
For altering, boyling and burnishing
0
15
0
For boyling and burnishing of a lardge tea pot
0
5
0
For planishing and burnishing a little bason
0
5
0
For burnishing and boyling a dishe . . . ".
0
5
0
TfAv nnvmc! niTUT Q VI r\ nrw 111(T 4i "l^VC! C\ VI ri ^AVDVO
_C (JL UU.LiiloJJ.lllg dUU. UKjy ililg J dl O cbxLSJL LUVclo . * ,
-LO
6 salvers ditto ......
0
15
0
Tea ketle and lampe with a chafing dish, boyling and bur-
nishing and furnishing two chains
1
5
0
4 seances ditto . ....
0
16
0
6 salts and a ladle ......
0
6
6
£153
15
0
£
s.
d.
"Delivred a chamber pot, weighing 35 oz. 14 dwt., att 6s. 2d.
per oz. ......
11
0
2
Fashion 2s. per oz.
3
11
0
Engraving ......
0
6
0
For altering ye two dishes .
2
10
0
Delivred 6 candlesticks, weighing 85 oz., att 6s. 2d. per oz.
26
4
2
Fashion 2s. Od. .
8
10
0
Engraving att 2s. piece .
0
12
0
For altering ye 4 handles to ye cruetts and making of them
longer, silver and making . . . .
2
10
0
A waxe candlestick, weighing 5 oz. 1 dwt. .
1
11
1
Fashion .......
0
10
0
Delivred a fyne sett of dresing plate, fynely carved all over
and chased, weighing together 637 oz. 18 dwt., at 6s. 2d.
per oz. ......
196
13
10
Fashion 5s. per oz.
159
10
0
Engraving of all ye armes, &c. . . . .
6
6
0
For ye glase and wooden frame . . . .
5
5
0
245
£ 3. d.
For ye 2 glasses for whater . . . 0 16 0
For lyning of ye' two conime (comb) boxes, ye 2
draughts, and that of ye juelle tronk . .220
For ye lock to ye juelle tronk . . . .110
For ye tronk for all ye dresing plate . . .550
For 4 brushes to clean ye cloth and commese (combs) . 0 15 0
434 18 4
Received of ye old dishes 11 oz. 15 dwt. make 3 16
Eemains due . ,£431 16 10
In the " Biographical Notices of W. Hogarth," by J. Nicholls (3rd edit., p. 416), we
find the following allusion to a plateau, which shows that Hogarth engraved plate made
by Paul de Lamerie, and that the latter used the prefix de, by which he was generally
spoken of : — " Impression from a coat of arms engraved on a silver dish made by
Delemery, purchased by Sir Gregory Page, Bart., who erased the original arms and had
his own put in ; The dish was afterwards sold at Christie's, and when 25 impressions
had been taken it was destroyed by P. Morrison, in 1781." He adds : " I wish some of
these discoveries of Hogarth's engravings had been made by people who had no
immediate view to their own profit and the sale of their acquisitions. Too many of our
collectors are become dealers."
Examples.
First Entry. — " Paul de Lamerie, Windmill Street, near the Hay-
market," on the 5th February 1712, stamped his mark in the book at
Goldsmiths' Hall, which according to the Act of 1697, regulating the
New, Standard, was the two first letters of his surname. (The stamp is
blotted in the Goldsmiths' Book.)
LA 1717-8 Two-handled cup and cover. Duke of Devonshire.
(This cup has two Britannia stamps close together.)
1717-8 Gold ; two-handled cup and cover. Berkeley Castle. (Per
W. Cripps, Esq.)
1720-1 Large two-handled cup and cover chased. Lord Hotham.
(Per W. Cripps, Esq.)
„ Small salver. General Phillipps Treby, R.A.
,, Large rat-tail spoon. Ditto.
1723- 4 Gilt cup and cover. Ditto.
,, Large chased salver. Admiral Parker.
1724- 5 Portions of a toilet set. Ditto.
1726- 7 Large salver on feet. Messrs. Hunt and Eoskell.
„ Circular salver, engraved with scrolls and masks. Eev.
Charles Evans, Solihull.
1727- 8 Piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1729-0 Four square waiters. W. A. T. Amherst, Esq. (Per W,
Cripps, Esq.)
246
1 730- 1 Chocolate pot. W. A. T. Amherst, Esq. (Per W. Cripps,
Esq.)
„ Branches of candelabra. Duke of Westminster.
1731- 2 Four salt-cellars with masks and wreaths. Lord Hotham.
(Per W. Cripps, Esq.)
„ Cake basket (wicker pattern). J. C. Dent, Esq. (Per W.
Cripps, Esq.)
Paul de Lamerie continued working New Standard silver twelve years
after the alteration in the Act of 1720.
His Second Entry in the Goldsmiths' books was 17th March 1732,
when he adopted the Old Standard, and stamped his mark of the
initials of Christian and surname : " Paul de Lamerie, att the Golden
Ball, Windmill Street, St. James's."
PL 1732-3 Pair of large tankards, 101 oz. each. Earl of Stamford
and Warrington.
1733-4 Bread-basket. J. Dunn Gardner, Esq.
„ Table spoon. Dasent Collection.
„ Tea-kettle and stand. Brett Collection.
„ Two-handled cup and cover with chased strap-work orna-
ments. W. A. T. Amherst, Esq. (Per W. Cripps, Esq.)
1737-8 Dinner service (dishes and plates.) Mansion House. (Per
W. Cripps, Esq.)
,, A piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
His Third Entry is thus recorded : " Paul de Lamerie, Garard
Street, 27th June 1739."
The Act of 1739 required an alteration of all the Goldsmiths' stamps
used previously, and he adopted initials in script letters.
(<pj£ 1739-0 Two-handled cup and cover, chased. Lord Tredegar.
(Per W. Cripps, Esq.)
„ Two-handled cup and cover, ditto. Goldsmiths' Company.
1740- 1 Two-handled cup and cover. Clothworkers' Company.
A piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
1741- 2 Very fine ewer (classical subjects). Goldsmiths' Company.
„ The salver to match. Ditto.
„ Saucepan (plain). Messrs. Lambert.
„ Large oval dish (gadroon edge). Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.
1742- 3 Milk-jug. Dr. J. B. Ashford.
„ Cup and cover (figures and flowers). Messrs. Hunt and
EoskelL
247
1744-5 Mug plain, with handle. W. A. T. Amherst, Esq. (Per
W. Cripps, Esq.)
„ Tea-caddies (Chinese subjects). Quentin Hogg, Esq. (Per
W. Crijyps, Esq.)
,, Coffee-pot (fluted). Messrs. Hancock.
1746- 7 A set of three mugs (plain). Mrs. Mitford. (Per W.
Cripps, Esq.)
Mug. W. A. T. Amherst, Esq. (Per W. Cripps, Esq.)
1747- 8 Pair of tea-caddies. J. Dunn Gardner, Esq.
1749- 0 Eound salver. W. A. T. Amherst, Esq. (Per W. Cripps,
Esq.)
1750- 1 Cruet-stand. J. Dunn Gardner, Esq.
,, Small square waiter. W. Boore, Esq.
„ A piece of plate. Messrs. Hancock.
Paul de Lamerie died in the summer of 1751.
PIEEEE HAEACHE (Senior and Junior).
Suffolk Street, Charing Cross.
Examples.
Mark : The letters under a croivn and two ermine spots.
PH 1691-2 Peter Harache, Sen. A two-handled cup. Old Standard.
E. Temple Erere, Esq.
HA 1697 Peter Harache, Sen. Helmet-shaped ewer and female
figure and scroll handle, applique leaves at the base,
gadroon borders, weight 69 oz. 2 dwt. New Standard.
Engraved with the Eoyal Arms of William III. Pre-
sented by the King to the Duke of Devonshire.
Mark : The letters under a crown and two ermine spots ; between them a
fleur de lis, and beloiv a crescent ; all on the Neiv Standard plate.
HA 1700-1 Peter Harache, Jun. Wine fountain, weight 348 oz.
(Marlbro' plate). Earl Spencer.
H A 1700-1 Peter Harache, Jun. Deep cistern to correspond, weight
372 oz. (Marlbro' plate). Earl Spencer.
HA 1701-2 Peter Harache, Jun. Large ice-cistern, weight 1,920 oz.
(Marlbro' plate). Earl Spencer.
HA 1701-2 Peter Harache, Jun. Pair ewers and salvers, weight
500 oz. (Marlbro' plate). Earl Spencer.
HA 1700-1 Peter Harache, Jun. Helmet-shaped ewer, Arms of
William III. Lord Willoughby de Eresby (Hereditary
Great Chamberlain of England).
HA 1700-1 Peter Harache, Jun. Large salver. Earl Bathurst.
HA 1705-6 Peter Harache, Jun. Helmet-shaped ewer. Vintners
Company.
248
H A 1705-6 Peter Harache, Jun. Large two-handled cup and cover.
Berkeley Castle.
HA 1705-6 Peter Harache, Jun. Large and finely chased waiter,
attributed to Hogarth, 196 oz. Hancocks.
To one of the entries this signature is attached —
THOMAS HARRACHE. (Pall Mall.)
Mark : The letters T.H crowned.
(Crown above.)
TK 1758-9 Thomas Harrache. A noble gilt ewer, repousse leaves
and flowers, snake handle. O. E. Coope, Esq.
TH 1759-0 Thomas Harrache. Pair elegant sauce-boats, covers and
stands. Reginald Cholmondeley, Esq.
TH 1761-2 Thomas Harrache. Bread-basket, pierced and chased,
with Arms of George III. Her Majesty the Queen.
TH 1761-2 Thomas Harrache. A gilt ewer and a pair large gilt
Coronation salvers, with Royal Arms of George III.
Lord Willoughby de Eresby (Hereditary Great Cham-
berlain of England).
TH 1763-4 Thomas Harrache. Christening basin and spoons, part of
a service for Prince of Wales. Her Majesty the Queen.
TH 1771-2 Thomas Harrache. Pair elegant figure candle-sticks.
Duke of Westminster.
TH 1771-2 Thomas Harrache. Large and elegant ewer and salver,
with the initials C.R crowned, made for Queen
Charlotte. Duke of Westminster.
TH 1771-2 Pair of caskets, finely chased. Duke of Westminster.
249
INDEX.
A.
A, 111, 124.
A A, 181.
A B, 111, 114, 116, 136, 141, 142, ]
171, 181, 188.
A C, 109, 144, 145, 146, 158, 182, 188.
A C E F, 172, 173.
A C I N, 185.
A D, 135, 137, 170.
A F, 119, 158, 183.
A F S G, 189.
A H, 122. 175.
A I, 175, 184.
A K. 122, 125, 185.
A L, 170, 183, 185.
A M, 121. 185.
A N, 128, 131, 132, 135, 170, 177.
A N E, 130, 132, 134, 177.
A 0, 143. 177, 186.
A P, 186, 191.
A P P P, 191.
A R, 141, 142, 170.
A R P 0, 142.
A S. 118, 135, 179, 187.
A T, 170.
A U, 147, 152, 170, 187.
Abbott, John, 136, 140, 170.
Abdy, Stephen, 188.
Abdy, WilHam, 188, 192.
Abel, Edward, 59.
Abel, Richard, 24.
Abercrombie, Robert, 147, 150, 170,
181.
Acton, Jobn, 15, 54.
Adam, Cbarles, 135, 137, 170.
Adam&, Stephen, 188.
Adams, Jos., 188.
Addis ^ ohn, 70,
Ade, 25.
Adys, John, 37.
Adys, Miles, 38.
Albans. Abbot of St., Robert, 22.
ALBANS, ST., DUCHESS OF, 78.
Alchorne. Chas., 144, 170.
AlderheacL John, 181, 192.
Aldewyn, Nicholas, 44, 47.
Aldridge, Charles, 147, 156, 157, 158,
188, 192.
Aldridge, Edwd., 154, 155, 181.
Aldridge, William, 192.
Alexander, Williaru, 181.
ALFRED JEWEL, The, 21.
Alfred the Great, 20.
Alleine, Jonathan, 192.
Allen, James, 188.
Allen, John, 188.
Allen, Jos., 170, 181.
Alsop, Robert, 13, 91.
Alwyn Fitz Henry, 24.
Alwyn Fitz Leofstane, 23.
Allen, Robert, 47.
Allen, Thomas, 170.
Amades. Robert, 42.
AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS, 222.
Andrews, George, 188, 192.
Andrews, Richard, 192.
Andrews, Robert, 181.
Andrews, William, 131, 132, 135, 170.
Ankerirus de Averne, 28.
Anketil of St. Albans, 22.
ANNE'S, QUEEN, FARTHINGS, 80
Anneslev, Arthur. 181.
APPENDIX, 227.
Archambo, Peter, 83, 141, 142, 143, 144,
151, 170, 181.
Archboid, Fras., 170.
Archer, Andrew, 170.
Ardesoif, Stephen, 155, 181, 193.
Arnell. John, 193.
Arnett, Hugh, 142, 170.
Arnold, Thos., 188.
Ash, Fras., 56, 57, 170.
Ash. Thomas. 135, 138.
' Ashley, 41.
Ashley, Jeremiah, 181.
Aspinshaw, John, 188.
ASSAYERS TO THE MINT. 225, 230.
ASSAY OFFICE LETTERS, LONDON,
100, 102.
ASSER QUOTED, 20.
Atkinson, Christopher, 170.
Atkinson, William, 83, 143, 170.
Atte Hay, Thomas, 34.
Attwell & Co., 85.
Aubin, Henry, 170.
I Augier, Thos.. 193.
AURIFABER. 1.
, AURIFEX, 1.
' AURUM Infectum, Signativm Factum. 1.
Austin, William, 35.
Averell, Henry, 47.
Ayscough, Ralph, 193.
250
B.
B, 112, 119.
B A, 134, 137, 139, 140, 141, 170, 171.
B B, 152, 171, 181, 182.
BBTR, 181.
B C, 114, 117, 182, 183.
B E, 136, 138, 139, 140, 170, 171.
B F, 115, 120, 173.
B G, 145, 174, 183, 184.
B I, 115, 130, 137, 170, 171
B L, 170, 190.
B M, 159.
B N, 109, 142, 177.
B 0, 130, 131, 170, 171.
B P, 113, 122.
B R, 130, 170, 171.
B S, 147, 180, 186, 191.
B U, 116, 170, 171.
B W, 180, 181, 187.
Baby, Thomas, 35.
Backe, John, 130, 131, 170, 172.
Backwell & Co., 88.
Backwell, Aid. E , 63, 64.
Bagnall, William, 182.
Baggs, Henry, 59.
Bailey, Richard, 137, 139, 140, 141, 148,
150, 170, 181.
Bainbridge, Mary, 170.
Bakeley, William, 34.
Baker, Geo., 182.
Baker, James, 193.
Baker, John, 188, 193.
Baker, Pointer, 193.
Baldwin of St. Albans, 22.
Ballard, John, 70.
Bambridge, William, 134, 170.
Bamford, Thos., 171, 182, 193.
Bamnie, Adam, 32.
Banister, Henry, 56.
BANK OF ENGLAND FOUNDED, 79.
Barbe, John, 171, 181, 193.
Barber, James, 193.
Barbitt, James, 170, 181.
Barbitt, Joseph, 170.
Barclay, James, 85.
Bardolph, John, 47.
Barentine, Sir Dm, 32.
Barker. Josh., 182.
Barnard, John, 170.
Barnes, William, 170.
Barnett, Alexander, 188.
Barnett, Eclwd., 170.
Barnett, Hoare & Co., 65.
BARONETS CREATED, 52.
Barons, John, 47.
Barrett, John, 36, 171, 182.
Barrier, Abraham, and L. Ducommon, 188,
193.
Barrow, John, 193.
Barry, John, 182.
Basenire, William, 35.
Baskerville, Geo., 171, 182, 188, 193.
Basnett, William, 188.
Bassingwhite, I., 188.
Bateman, Anne, 188.
Bateman, Hester, 159, 160, 188, 193.
Bateman, Jonathan, 188.
Bateman, Peter, 160, 188.
Bates 84.
Bates, Aaron, 171.
Bates, Henry, 171, 182.
Bates, Samuel, 171, 182, 193.
Bauduinus, 22.
Baven, Thos., 47.
Bayley, Henry, 182.
Bayley, William, 188.
Bayley, John, 182, 193.
Baxter, John, 193.
Beadle, John, 193.
Beale, George, 170.
Beale, Richard, 145, 146, 171, 181, 193.
Beare, Thos., 182.
Beaty, James, 193.
Beesley, Henry, 170.
Beezley, Thos., 182.
Beldon, John, 188.
BELGIUM, GOLDSMITHS OF, 239.
Bell, David, 182.
Bell, Joseph, 139, 170.
Bell, Josh., 182.
Bell, William, 188, 193.
Bellamy, William, 171.
Bellasyse, Charles, 83.
Bellasyse, William, 33, 83, 140, 170, 171,
182.
Bellingham, Daniel, 62.
Bellis, James, 193.
Benn, Sir William, 13, 91.
Bennett, Edwd., 171, 181, 193.
Bennett, Edwd., jtm., 182, 193.
Bennett, John, 193.
Bennett, Peter, 171, 181.
Bennett, William, 188.
Benoimont, Louis, 193.
Bentley, Benjamin, 136, 138, 170, 171.
Berkeley, Thomas de, 31.
Berkinge, William de, 28.
Berking, Simon de, 31.
Bernes, John, 33.
Bernward of Hildesheim, 237.
Berthellot, John, 182.
Berthet, Eraye, 171.
Beschefer, James, 170.
Betham, James, 182.
Betts, John, 170.
Bevan & Co , 85.
Bevault, Thos., 170.
Bigge, Richard, 170.
Bignell, John, 142, 171.
Billingsley, Fras., 170.
Binclon, Geo., 182.
Binger, Christopher, 193.
Bird, A, 111, 124.
Bird, John, 92.
Bird, Jos., 130, 137, 170, 171
Birds, 121.
Birkenhead, Jas., 193.
Biron, Christopher, 193.
Birt, James, 193.
Blachford, John, 91, 170.
Blachford, T., 13.
Black, Louis, 182.
Blackborow, Samuel, 171.
Blakeley, Ben, 170, 171, 182.
Blanchard, Robert, 62, 70.
251
Bland, Cornelius, 188.
Bland, Elizabeth, 188.
Bland, Hugh, 25.
Bland, James, 188.
Bland, John, 65.
Bland, Nathaniel, 170.
BLONDEAU, PETER, 225
BLOOD, THOS., attempt to steal the
Regalia, 208.
Blount, Ralph, 26.
Blundell, Peter, 54.
Bock, Mark, 193.
Bodington, Edmund, 82.
Bodington, John, 82, 130, 131, 170.
Boits, Charles, 81.
Boldero, Henry, 92.
Bolitho & Wilson, 70.
Bolter, John, 47.
Bolton, Job, 70.
BOND, Mr. E. A., quoted 28.
Bond, William, 154, 155, 182.
Bone, Ishmael, 170.
Bonny, Thos., 59.
Bonte, Corneille, 163.
Boothby, Geo., 83, 145, 171, 181.
Borchers, Albrecht, 193.
Boult, Michael, 170, 171.
Boulton, Thos., 188.
Bourne, Aaron, 193.
Bourne, Geo., 190.
Bourne, John, 193.
Bouteiller, Pierre, 171.
Bowes, Sir Martin, 20, 44, 47.
Box, Robert, 30.
Bradley, Jonathan, 130, 170.
Bradley, Samuel, 193.
Bradshaw, Anthony, 15,61.
Bradshaw, Bennett, 171, 181.
Braforcl, Benjamin, 170.
Brames, Arnold, 64.
Brandeburg, Gilbert, 34.
Brandon, Robert, 46.
Brassey, John, 170.
Brattle, Chas., 14, 72.
Brattle, Daniel, 72.
Brattle, John, 72
Breakspeare, William, 36.
Brett, William, 170.
Brewood, Benjamin, 152, 182.
Brice, Sir Hugh, 37, 38.
Bridge, John, 160.
Bridge, Rundell and. 94, 160.
Brind, Henry, 150, 182.
Brind, Walter, 159, 182, 188.
Briscoe & Morrison, 159.
Britaine, Richard, 30.
Brithnodus of Ely, 22.
Broake, John, 170.
Brookes, Edwd., 170.
Brocklesbury, Robert, 56
Brockus, John, 193.
Brodier, Matthew, 182.
Brogden, Francis, 64.
Broker. Nicholas, 33.
Brokesby, Abel, 171.
Bromage, William, 188.
Brome, Geo., 171.
Bromley, John, 170.
Brooke, Simon, 50.
Brooker, James, 171.
Broughton, John, 188, 193.
Brown, John, 188.
Brown, Robert, 147, 171, 181.
Brown, William, 193.
Browne, Adam, 33.
BroAvne, Moses, 170.
Browne, Thomas, 47.
BRUGES, GOLDSMITHS OF, 163-239.
Bruguier, Philip, 182, 193.
Brumhall, Jobn, 171.
Bruth, Philip, 170.
Bryan, John, 171, 181.
Brydon, Geo., 171.
Brydon, Thos., 170.
Buckett, John, 188.
Bull, Nicholas, 47.
Bull, William, 170.
Bullen, Geo., 59.
Bult & Co., 189, 191.
Bunifriss, Thos., 182, 193.
Burde, John, 49.
BURDETT COUTTS, 78.
BURGUNDY, DUKES OF, 163
Burne, James, 171.
Burridge, Thos., 170.
Burrows, Alice, 188.
Burrows, George, 188.
Burton, Robert, 182.
Burwash, Wm., 188.
Butcher, William, 182.
BUTE, MARQUIS OF, 78.
Bviteux, Abraham, 142, 171.
Buteux, Elizabeth, 171.
Buttall, Sarah, 182.
Buttv, Francis, 153, 156, 184, 193.
c.
C, 110, 117.
C A, 109, 144, 171, 172, 188.
C A H G,147, 156, 157, 158, 160.
C B, 113, 114, 117, 182, 188.
C C, 101, 121, 147, 157, 172, 182, 189.
C D, 117.
C G, 174.
C H, 120, 130, 132, 134, 145, 159, 171, 172.
174, 175, 184, 190.
C H W C, 190.
C I, 115, 116, 142, 175, 184.
C K, 126, 147, 176, 190.
C L, 140, 141, 172, 185.
C M, 144, 145, 147, 177, 185, 190.
C O, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139,
141, 171. 172.
C P, 112, 178.
C R, 171, 172, 182.
C S, 180.
C T, 187.
C U, 172.
C W, 113, 114, 157, 158, 159, 191.
C W T W, 188.
Cachart, Elias, 150, 151, 182.
Cafe, John, 149, 154, 182.
Cafe, William, 154, 155, 183.
Calame, J. A., 158, 188, 193,
252
Oaldecott, Wm, 183.
Oallard, Isaac, 172, 182.
Oallard, Paul, 182.
Calton, Henry, 44.
Calton, Thos., 45, 46, 47.
Campar, Geo., 182.
Campbell, Geo., 78.
Cann, John, 182.
Canner, Christr., 171, 172.
Capill & Kilborne, 70.
Capper, Edwd., 154, 157, 193.
Carlton, Thos., 182.
Carman, John, 182.
Cartelage, Thos., 37.
Carter, John, 157, 158, 188, 193.
Carter, Richd., 158, 188, 190.
Carter, Wm., 50.
Cartwright, Benjn., 182, 183.
Cary, Nicholas, 70.
Castle, A , 109.
Castle, Peter, 184.
Causton, Thos., 172.
CAVENDISH, LIFE OF WOLSEY, 42.
CAXTON'S"MIRROUR OF Ye WORLD."
38.
Chadwick, James, 132, 134, 171.
Chaldecott. John, 193.
Chalmers, Geo., 193.
Chamberlin, John, 171.
Chambers & Usborne, 58.
Chambers, Wm., 47.
Chambrier, B. A, 193.
Chapman, Daniel, 172.
Chapman, John, 172.
CHARLES II. — STATUE, 66.
Charnelhouse, Wm., 171.
Chartier, Daniel, 182.
Chartier, John, 130, 132, 171.
Chaundeler, John, 44.
Chawner, Henry, 188.
Chawner, Thos., 154, 155, 157, 159, 188,
189, 193.
Chawner, William, 154, 155, 157, 190, 193.
Cheaube, Pierre le, 172.
CHELSEA CHINA FACTORY, 89.
Cheney, Richd., 56.
Chesterman, Chas., 156, 182, 188.
Chicheley, William, 34.
Chichester, John de, 30.
Child & Rogers, 63, 75, 240.
Child & Tudman, 79.
Child, Sir Fras., 39, 63, 73-75, 80
Child. Sir Josiah, 73.
Child, Sir Robert, 74, 75.
Child, Samuel, 75.
Child, Stephen, 73.
Churchill, Mr., 70.
Clare, Joseph, 140, 141, 172.
Claris, Christian, 147, 172.
Clark, Charles, 182.
Clark, Thomas, 172.
Clark, Will, 190.
Clarke, Catherine, 157.
Clarke, Henry, 172.
Clarke, John, 172.
Clarke, Richd., 172.
Clausen, Nicholas, 172.
CLIFFORD, SIR THOMAS, 211.
Clifton, John, 172.
Clifton, Jonah, 140, 143, 171.
Coats, Alexander, 172, 173.
Coggs, John, 69, 70.
Coker, Ebenezer, 182, 193.
Colds, Lawrence, 131, 138, 171.
Cole, Henry, 41.
Cole, John, 171.
COLE (Mr. R.) ON THE REGALIA, 201.
Coleman, Stephen, 132, 171.
Coleman, Tobias, 59.
Collier, Thos., 183.
Collins, Henry, 171.
Collins, John, 153, 157, 183.
Colvill, John, 65.
Comins, Rafe, 29.
Compasses, 115.
COMPTROLLERS of the Mint, 224, 229.
Conen, Edwd., 172.
Congreve, Thos., 183.
Conrad the goldsmith, 26.
Conyngham, Daniel, 172.
Cook & Carey, 70.
Cook, Sir Thos., 62, 70, 89.
Cooke, Edwd., 92, 193.
Cooke, John, 171.
Cooke, Richd., 189.
Cooke, Thos., 148, 150, 152, 153, 172, 174.
Cooper, Benjn., 182.
Cooper, George, 93.
Cooper, Matthew, 171, 172.
Cooper, Robert, 130, 134, 137, 171.
Coote, Henry, 38.
Cope, John, 171.
COPPERPLATE AT THE HALL, 162-
166.
Corbet, Thos., 171.
Cornasseau, Isaac, 172.
Cornhill, Henry, 24.
Cornock, Edwd., 144, 171.
Cornyshe, Rasel, 47.
CORONATIONS, 201, 206, 208.
Corosey, John, 171.
Corporon, John, 172.
Corry, Henry, 182.
Cory, John, 135, 141, 171.
Coste, Henry, 42.
Courtauld, Augustin, 87, 139, 141, 144,
145, 146, 172, 182.
Courtauld, Louisa, 87, 189, 193.
Courtauld, Samuel, 87, 153, 172, 182, 189
Courthope, Edwd., 171.
Courthope, Geo., 15, 57.
COUTTS, BURDETT, BARONESS, 78.
Coutts, James, 78.
Coutts, Mrs., 78.
Coutts, Thomas, 78, 79.
Cove, John, 171.
Cowles, Geo., 87, 188, 193.
Cowper, Henry, 188.
Cox, Geo., 171.
Cox, James, 103.
Cox, Robt. Albin, 182, 193
Cox, William, 193.
Coyte, Geo., 193.
Crab, A, 112.
Cradock, Jos., 189,
Craig, Ann, 185,
253
Cramb, John, 32.
Crepin, Ralph, 28.
Orescent, 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 116, 119.
Crespell, Sebn. and Jas., 154, 155, 156,
193
Crespin, Paul, 90, 146, 148, 152, 172, 182,
183.
Creswell, Joseph, 193.
Crew, Randall, 64.
Cripps, Mark, 183, 193.
Cripps, William, 151, 182.
Critz, John de, 55.
Croft & Co., 88.
Croker, John, 80.
Crompton, Richd., 49.
CROSBY HALL, 35.
Croshaw, Richd., 56.
Crosier, A, 116.
Cross, A, 109, 114.
Crossley, Richard, 159, 160, 188, 191.
Crouch, John, 155, 158, 193.
Crouickshank, Robt., 193.
CROWNS OF SOVEREIGNS, 203-207
Crump, Francis, 83, 182, 183, 193.
Crundale, Richd. de, 26.
Crutcher, Jno., 171.
Crutchfield, Jonathan, 171.
CUNEATOR TO THE MINT, 225.
Cunst, Jasper, 193.
Cuny, Louis, 145, 171.
CUP-BEARER AT CORONATIONS, 40,
41.
Cuthbert, Mr., 70.
D.
D, 115, 124, 126, 183.
D A, 140, 172.
D B, 182.
D C, 114, 116, 117, 172, 182.
D D, 189.
D E, 132, 133, 135, 172.
D E B A, 130, 131, 172.
D G, 123, 124, 183.
D H, 161, 175.
D H R H, 156, 190.
D I, 127, 142, 172, 175.
D M, 152, 177, 185.
D M T S, 150.
D O, 130, 134, 172.
D P, 152, 186, 191.
D P W, 183.
D R, 109, 110, 111, 119, 120, 122, 124, 172.
D S, 152, 186, 187.
D S R S, 156, 159, 191.
D T, 180.
D V, 172.
D W, 118, 119, 146, 147. 149, 181, 187.
D Y, 172.
Daintrey, Marmaduke, 87, 183, 194.
Dale, John, 47.
Dalton, Andi'ew, 172.
Dalton, Isaac, 172.
Daniel, John, 47.
Daniel, William, 15.
Daniel, Wm, 61.
Daniell, Jabez, 183, 194.
Daniell, Josiah, 172.
Daniell, Thomas, 189, 194.
Dare, John, 194.
Darel & Co., 88.
Darkeratt, William, 87, 140, 143, 145, 172.
Darvill, Edwd., 183, 194.
Darvvall, John, 189.
DATE LETTERS OF ASSAY, 100-102.
Davenport, Burrage, 194.
Davenport, Isaac, 172.
Davenport, Samuel, 189.
David, Fleurant, 172.
Davis, Thompson, 183.
Davy, Oliver, 36.
Davys, Theophilus, 183.
Day, Wm., 189.
Deacon, John, 157, 189, 194.
Dealtry, Thos., 189, 194.
Deane, W. & J.. 189.
De Gruchy, John, 194.
De Lamerie, Paul, 15, 85, 140, 143, 144,
145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 176, 185, 241 to
246.
Ditto His AUTOGRAPH, 243.
De Lisle, Louis, 189.
Dell, Henry, 172.
Dell, Saml., 172.
Dellany, Saml., 189.
Delmestre, John, 183.
Delves, Edwd., 50.
Denne and Snow, 84.
Denney, Daniel, 189.
Denny, Wm.. 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 172.
Denzilow, John, 189.
Dericke, Anthony, 46.
Desvignes, Peter, 194.
De Veer, Fredk., 194.
Devese, Peter, 194.
DEVIL TAVERN, 76.
Devonshire, Israel, 194.
Devonshire, Thos., 194.
Dexter, Thos. P., 96, 189.
Dicken, Arthur, 142, 172.
Dickson, , 48.
Diggle, John, 172.
Dighton, Isaac, 172.
DIRECTORY, LITTLE LONDON, 70.
Dobson, Edwd., 183, 189, 194.
Dobson, Prior & Williams, 183.
Doe, Sir Chas., 13, 61.
Dorrell, Jane, 189.
Dorrell, Wm., 189.
Dovey, Richd, 194.
Dowdall, Edwd., 183.
Downes, John, 130, 134, 172.
Doxsey, Thos., 183, 194.
Drake, Wescombe, 172.
Draper, Robt., 44, 47.
DRAPERS' COMPANY, 16.
Drax, Sir Jas., 62.
Drinkwater, Sandilands, 92.
Drumniond, Messrs., 85.
Drury, Dru, 194.
Drysdale, John, 159, 194.
Duckett, Lawrence, 27.
Ducommein, Louis, 189, 193.
Dudley and Ward. 58, 60.
Duke. Issac, 183.
254
Dumee, Nicholas, 153, 156, 189, 190, 193.
Dutnont, Lewis, 194.
Duncombe, Ohas., 70, 72.
Dunstan, Saint, 11, 18.
Dupont, Louis, 172, 183.
Dutton, Henry, 183, 194.
Dymond, Edwd., 172.
E.
E A, 134, 154, 155, 172, 181.
E B, 171, 181, 182.
E 0, 125, 141, 144, 150, 151, 154, 157, 172,
173, 182.
E D, 119, 172, 173, 183, 189.
EDPI, 173.
E F, 149, 159, 173, 183, 189.
E G, 121, 124, 126, 143, 153, 173, 174, 183.
E H, 120, 123, 175, 184.
E I, 175, 184.
E L, 185, 190.
E M, 185.
E N, 173.
E N Y A, 173.
E O, 184.
E P, 143, 144, 145, 146, 178.
EE, 114, 179, 191.
ES, 112, 119, 186.
E T, 117, 187.
E V, 124, 144, 187.
E W. 143, 145, 147, 150, 151, 173, 181.
E Y, 181.
Eagle, 112, 114.
East, Mr., 70.
East, John, 134, 142, 172, 173.
Eastrom, Stephen, 194.
Eaton, John, 189.
Eaton, Samuel, 189.
Eckford, John, 141, 144, 172, 173, 183.
Edgar, Jas., 172.
Edmonds, Stephen, 173.
Edmunds, Edwd., 56.
Edmund, John, 32.
EDWARD III., TOMB, 29.
Edwards, Griffith, 173, 183.
Edwards, John, 142, 172, 173, 183, 189.
Edwards, Richd., 173.
ELEANOR OP CASTILE, her tomb, 26.
ELECTRO SILVERING & GILDING, 4.
Eley, William, 159, 161, 189.
Eley, Wm., and Fearn, Wm., 189.
Eligius, Saint, 21.
Eliot, Christopher, 40.
ELIZABETH, QUEEN, her tomb, 55.
Ellis, Thos., 189, 194.
Eloi, Saint, 21.
ELSING SPITAL, fire at, 45.
Elsinus, of Ely, 22.
Ely, Roger of, 30.
Eman, Timothy, 64.
Ernes, John, 161, 189.
England, Thomas, 145, 173, 183.
ENGRAVERS TO THE MINT, 225, 231,
232.
Ernest, John, 38.
Espagne, William d', 31.
Eswy, Ralph, 25,
Evans, Jas. Morley, 194.
Evans, Thos., 159, 189, 194.
EVELYN, QUOTED, 66.
Everard, — , 24.
Everard, Chas., 65.
Ewesdin, Thos., 173.
Ewing and Norington, 70.
EXCHEQUER, CLOSING OF THE, 69,
210.
EXCHEQUER RECORDS DESTROYED,
201.
Exmew, Sir Thomas, 40, 44.
F.
F. 117, 134, 173.
F A, 128, 132, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140
173.
F B N D, 153.
F C, 119, 182, 183.
F D, 172.
F E, 173.
F F, 123.
F I, 148, 173.
F K, 176, 185.
F L. 121, 136, 138, 139, 140, 173.
F N, 185.
F O, 173.
F P, 148, 178, 186.
F R, 140, 173.
F S 110, 123, 126, 180, 186, 191.
F T, 115, 180.
F V, 187.
F W, 151, 187.
F W I P, 188.
Fair, Thos., 194.
Falcon, 111.
Farendon, Sir Nicholas, 28.
Farendon, William, 28.
Farmer, Rachel, 93.
Parnell, John, 140, 173.
Farran, John, 194.
Farren, Anne, 183.
Farren, Thos., 134, 138, 139, 140, 148,
173, 183.
Fawdery, Hester, 173.
Fawdery, John, 132, 134, 173.
Fawdery, William, 135, 136, 173.
Fawler, Thomas, 173.
Fayle, Geo., 189, 194.
Fayle, John, 194.
Feak, John, 59.
Feake, William, 56.
Fearn,' William, 161, 189, 194.
Feline, Edwd , 149, 173, 183.
Feline, Magdalen, 152, 153, 183.
Fells, Mr., 65.
Fennell, Edwd., 189.
Fennell, Wm., 189.
Fenruther, Robert, 40, 41.
Fernell, Edwd., 159, 189.
Ferris, Matthew, 189.
Feure, Ralph Le, 28.
Ficketts, Anthony, 77.
Field, Joshua, 173.
FIRE OF LONDON IN 1666, 13
Fish, A., 109.
255
Fisher, William, 194.
Fitz Alwvn. Henrv. 25.
Fitz Hugh. William, 34.
Fitz Otho. Hush, 25.
Fitz Otho, Thomas, 25.
Fitz Otho, Wm., 25.
Fitz Patrick, John, 26.
Fitz William, William. 25.
Flael, Ralph, 22.
FLANDERS, GOLDSMITHS OF, 163.
Flavil, John, 173.
FLAXMAN QUOTED, 35. 95.
Flecher, Edith, 173.
Fleming, William, 136, 138, 139, 140, 173.
Fletcher, Bernard, 173.
Fletcher,' John, 173.
Flight. John. 173.
Flints, Wm.. 194.
Floyer, Peter, 80, 92.
Flower, Francis, 92.
Fogelberg, Andrew, 158, 189, 194.
Folkingham, Thos., 142, 173.
Fordham, William, 173.
Fossey, John, 173.
Fossey, Jonathan, 183.
Foster, Jacob, 173.
Foster^ Thomas. 189, 194.
Foster, William, 194.
Foster, Wm. Lewis, 189.
Fountain, John, 189.
Fountain, William, 189.
Fowles, Sir Thomas, 70, 79.
Fox, John, 55.
Fox, Mordecai, 151, 152, 181, 183.
Fraillon, Blanche, 173.
Fraillon. Jas., 140, 173.
FRAXCE, GOLDSMITHS OF, 235.
Frances, John, 33.
Francis, William, 173.
Francois, Abrm. Le, 183.
Fray,' John, 183.
Freame, Jos. and Gould, 85.
Freeman, John, 47.
Freeman, Philip, 157, 189.
Freeman^ Thos., 189, 194.
French, Edwd., 172, 173.
French, John, 33.
French, John, 194.
Frende, John, 47.
Frensham, Joshua, 173.
Frisbee, Wm., 189.
Frith, Ralph, 173.
Frost, John, 183.
Fiwick, Sir Thos. de, 27.
Fry, John, 194.
Fryar, Robt., 194.
Fueter, Dan. Crist., 183
Futter, Henry, 59, 64.
G.
G, 110.
G A, 79, 132. 134, 137, 141, 173. 188.
G B, 145, 171, 181, 182.
G B T M, 188.
G C, 182, 188.
GD, 118. 121.
G E, 173, 174, 183.
G F, 189.
G G, 126, 174.
G H, 146, 156, 170, 174, 175, 184, 190.
G H W C, 121, 190.
G I, 131. 134, 136, 142, 144, 173, 174, 175,
184.
G L, 174.
G M, 122, 185.
G N, 177, 185, 190.
G O, 116, 133, 173, 174.
G R, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 145, 173,
178, 179, 186, 191.
G S, 120, 143, 145, 160, 179, 180,186, 191.
G S S S, 187.
G S F 0, 187.
G U, 141, 174.
G W, 122, 145, 159, 181, 191.
G Y, 181, 188.
Gahegan, John, 174.
Gamble, Ellis, 79.
Gamble, William, 79, 132, 134, 141, 173.
Gamon, Dinah, 183.
Gamon, John, 145, 174, 183.
Gamon, Michael, 194.
GAXD, GOLDSMITHS OF, 163.
Garden, Phillips, 140, 152, 183, 184, 194.
Gardner, Richd., 194.
GARLAXDIA, JOHAXXES DE, 2.
Gamier, Danl., 173.
Garrard, Robert, 94, 189, 191.
Garrard, Wm., 87, 174, 183, 184. 194.
Garth orne, Fras., 137, 173.
Garthorne, Geo., 173.
Gate, A., 116.
GAY, POET, QUOTED, 84.
Gaze, Robert, 161, 189.
GERMAXY, GOLDSMITHS OF, 237.
Gerrard, Christr.. 174.
Gibbon, Edwd., 143, 174.
Gibbon, Simon, 15, 61.
Gibbons, Chas., 174.
Gibbons, John, 131, 134, 136, 173, 174.
Gibbs, Richd., 57.
Gibson, Edwd., 173.
Gibson, Wm., 173.
Gideon, Sampson, 84.
Gignac, Benj., 184, 194.
Gillingham, Geo., 173. 174.
Gillois, Peter, 184, 189. 194.
Gilpin, Thos., 86, 183, 194.
Gimblett, John. 189.
Gines, Richd., 142, 173, 174.
Gladwin, Richd., 194.
Gladwin, Thomas, 172. 174. 194.
GLOUCESTER CAXDLESTICK, 23
Gloucester, Henry de, 29.
Gloucester. William de. 24.
Glyn, Sir Richd.. 91.
Glyn, Sir R. Carr, 91.
Godbehere, Saml., 189.
Goddard, Philip, 174.
Godfrey, Benjn., 145, 174, 183.
Godfrey, Elisa, 153, 183.
Godfrey, of Wood Street, 31.
Godwin, Benjn., 174.
Godwin, Meshach, 142, 174.
Gold, Isaac, 64.
Goldbeter, Bartholomew, 34,
256
Goldeville, Henry, 47.
GOLD PLATE, EXAMPLES OF, 16, 17.
GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH.
DEFINED, 2.
GOLDSMITHS' AND TAYLORS'
QUARREL, 27.
GOLDSMITHS' ART, POLITICAL
ECONOMY OF, 6.
GOLDSMITHS' COLLECTION OF
PLATE, 211.
GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY, 11.
GOLDSMITHS, FOUNDERS OF
PEERAGES, 3.
GOLDSMITHS' HALL - MARKS FOR
1878, 103-106.
GOLDSMITHS, HISTORY OF, 18,-97.
GOLDSMITHS' INVOICES, 241-218.
GOLDSMITHS OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES, 233, 240.
GOLDSMITHS' PAGEANTS, 9.
GOLDSMITHS' PALL OR HERSE
CLOTH, 37
GOLDSMITHS' PAY-NOTES, 210.
GOLDSMITHS' ROW, 9.
GOLDSMITHS' SHOPS, 8.
GOLDSMITHS' SHOP SIGNS, 262-218.
GOLDSMITHS' WARES, TOUCHSTONE
FOR, 2, 12.
Goldwire, Richd., 184.
Goode, John, 133, 173.
Goodwin, Elizabeth, 174.
Goodwin, James, 141, 173.
Gorham,Jno., 174, 183.
Gorsuch, John. 174.
Gosling, Messrs., 68, 148, 183, 194.
Gosling, Richard, 183.
Gossen, William, 173.
Gonld, James, 142, 147, 148, 174, 183, 184,
194.
Gould, William, 148, 174, 183, 184.
Graham, Thos., 189.
Grant, Dorothy, 173.
Grantham, John de, 30.
Grantham, William, 33.
Grapes, 111.
Green, David, 173.
Green, Geo., 69.
Green, Richd., 134, 136, 137, 138, 141, 145,
173, 174.
Green, Samuel, 174.
Greene, Henry, 147, 156, 157, 158, 160,
173, 188.
Greene, Nathaniel, 173.
Greene, Thomas, 50, 71.
Greenway, Henry, 160.
Greenway, Hen., 189.
Gresham, Sir Thos., 42.
Griffin, Benjn., 184.
Griffith, Jeffrey, 174.
Grignion, Reynolds, 194.
GROCERS' COMPANY, 15.
Groves, Thos., 185, 195.
Grundy, Wm., 150, 152. 156, 158. 184, 189,
194.
Guerdain, Aaron, 58.
Giierrie, John, 174.
Guest, Josh., 189.
Guest, Thos., 189.
Guichard, Louis, 184.
GUILFORD, COUNTESS OF, 78.
Gulliver, Nathaniel, 174.
Gurden, Benjn., 93, 183, 194.
Gurney & Co., 89, 148, 150, 152, 153, 172
174, 183.
GUTHURON'S LANE, SILVER OF, 27
Gwillim, William, 184.
H.
H, 118.
H A, 130, 132, 133, 135, 139, 143, 170, 174
175.
H A M P, 142.
H B, 150, 151, 159, 160, 182, 188. ^
H C, 112, 113, 172, 182, 188.
H C I E, 189.
H D, 172, 183.
H G, 160, 172, 189.
H G C A,
H H, 175, 184.
H I, 118, 119, 141, 174, 175.
H L, 113 118.
H M, 117, 148, 149, 150, 177, 185.
H N, 119. 190.
H O, 131, 140, 174, 175.
H P, 128, 142, 144, 177, 178, 186.
H R, 111, 112, 120.
H S, 111 116, 126, 179.
H T, 116, 125, 127.
H V, 135, 174, 175.
H W, 110.
Hague, John, 190.
Hall, Edwd., 175.
Hall, Fras., 57.
Hall, Geo., 93.
Hall, Robert, 33.
Hall, Thos., 194.
Hall, Wm., 190.
Hallifax, Thos., 92.
HALL-MARKS, 98^106.
Hallows, Thos., 194.
Hallsworth, Henry, 194.
Hamlet, Thomas, 96.
HAMMERMEN, 1.
Hamon, Lewis, 175, 184.
Hancock, C. F. & Co., 96.
Hand, William, 50, 93.
Hanet, Paul, 139, 141, 143, 174
Hankey, Messrs., 77.
Hanks, Job., 174.
Hannam, Thos., 155, 158, 193
Harache, Pierre, 59, 81, 127, 130, 132,
133, 135, 174, 247.
Ditto, his AUTOGRAPH, 248.
Harding, Robert, 40.
Harding, Thos., 194.
Hardy, Jos., 190.
Harley, Sir Robt., 58.
Harrache, Francis, 81.
Harrache, Jean, 81.
Harrache, Thos., 81. 90, 153, 154, 155
156, 194, 248.
Harris, Benjn., 174.
Harris, John, 174.
Harris, John, 190.
Harrison, Robt., 50.
257
Harrison. Thomas. 13, 36.
Hart & Co., 88
Hartley, Elisabeth, 184.
Harvey, John, 184
Harwood, John, 175, 184.
HASTINGS, LORD, 38.
Hatcombe, Edmd.. 47.
Hatfield, Chas., 145, 175. 184.
Hatfield, Susanah, 184.
Hatwoode, — , 44.
Haucher, L., 194.
Havers, Geo., 174.
Hawkes, Saml., 174.
Hawkin of Liege, 29.
Hawkins, Benjn., 194.
Havford, Danl., 175.
Hayford, Humphrey, 36, 38.
Haynes, Henry, 184.
Haynes, Henry, 194.
Havs, Cornelis, 47.
Havs,' Thos., 33, 47.
Head (A), 114.
Healy, Josh., 175.
Hearnden, Nicholas, 195.
Heath. Gabriel. 83. '
Hebert, Henry, 175. 184.
Hede, William, 37. '
Hedges, Stephen, 195.
Heeser, Maurice, 195.
HELENS, PRIORY OF ST.. 25.
Helmet (A), 115.
Hely, John, 174.
Hemming, Geo.. 190, 195.
Hemming. Thos., 184, 195.
Hennell, David, 156. 161, 175, 190.
Hennell, Robt., 156, 161, 190, 195
Henry, de Cornhill, 24.
Herbert & Co.. 152. 184.
Herbert, Saml., 150, 151, 184, 195.
Heriot, Geo., 53.
Heriot, Geo., his seal, 53.
Heriot', Jas.,70, 79.
Heriot, Jos., 184.
Heriot, Joseph, 79.
Herkins, Margery, 48.
Hern, Peter, 64.
Heme, Louis, 184.
Hessey, Thos., 31.
Hetherington, Humphrey, 87.
Heydon, Alderman, 46.
Heyford, Humphrey, 36, 38.
Hickman, Edmd., 175.
Higginbotham, John, 184.
Hill, Ann. 175.
Hill, Caleb, 175.
Hill, Charles, 159.
Hill, Robert. 141, 174, 184.
Hilland, Charles, 184.
Hilland, Christian, 175.
Hillyard, John, 50.
Hillyard. Nicholas, 50.
Hind, Jno., and Garwood, Thos. 70.
Hinde. John. 62. 70.
Hindmarsh, Geo., 146, 170, 174, 175, 184.
Hint on, Benjn., 70.
Hinton, William, 174.
Hitchcock, Saml, 174, 175
Hoare, Barnetts & Co., 65.
Ho are, Henry, 72.
Hoare, John, 50.
Hoare, Sir Richard, 72.
Hobdell, Henry, 195.
Hodges, Geo., 175.
Hodgkins, Wm, 190.
Hodgkis, — , 140, 175.
Hodson, John, 174.
HOGARTH, WILLIAM, 79, 80, 245=
Hogg, Andrew, 195.
Hoist, John, 195.
Holaday, Edwd., 174.
Holaday, Sarah. 174, 175.
HOLBEIN, HANS, 46.
HOLLAND. GOLDSMITHS OF, 239
Holland, John, 174, 184, 195.
Holland, Joshua, 174.
Holland, Thos., 174, 190.
Holmes, Edwd., 195.
Holmes, Wm., 190, 195.
Holton. Wade, 93.
Homer, Wm., 184.
Hood, Saml., 131, 174.
Hopkins, John, 175.
Hopkins, Wm., 175.
Hore, James, 70, 71.
Hornby, Joseph, 65, 69, 70.
Horsley, John, 195.
Horton, Rogier, 44, 47.
Hortopp, Robert, 47.
Horwood, Nathaniel, 195.
Hosier, Chas., 12.
Hough. William. 59.
Hougham. Chas., 190.
Houston, Geo., 195.
How, Wm., 190.
Howard. Will, 190.
Howe. Richard. 80.
Howell, Thomas, 190, 195.
Howland, Sam, 190.
Howse, Wm., 195.
Hovte, Francis, 174.
Hubert the Goldsmith, 26.
Hudell, Rene, 174.
Hudson, Alex., 174.
Hughes, James, 195.
Hughes'. Richard, 92.
HUGUENOTS, 168.
Humble, George, 60.
Humble, Richard, 57.
Humble, Ward, 57.
Humble, William, 57.
Humphrey, John, 174.
Humphreys, Arthur, 188.
Hunt & Roskell, 95.
Hunt, James, 190, 195.
Hunter, George, 156. 184, 190.
Hunter, William, 148, 184, 195.
Huntley, John, 195.
Hutchinson, Richard, 135, 174, 175.
Hutson, John, 190.
Hutton, Samuel, 175, 184.
Hutton. Sarah, 184.
Hyatt, John, 184.
Hyltoft, John, 32.
Hynt, Roger, 50.
17
258
I.
I A, 114. 125. 132, 140, 170, 175, 181,
188.
I A C, 188.
I B, 111, 113, 129, 142, 160, 171, 181, 182,
188.
I B 0, 190.
I C, 123, 126, 128, 141, 143, 149, 153, 154,
157, 158, 171, 172, 182, 183, 188.
I C T H, 158.
I C W C, 154.
I D, 128, 157, 159, 183, 189.
I E, 136, 137, 142, 144, 161, 172, 173, 175,
183, 189.
I F, 117, 120, 173, 183, 189.
I G, 141, 142, 145, 147, 148, 174, 176, 183,
184.
I G W V, 189.
I H, 113, 117, 119, 121, 174, 175, 184,
190.
I H T L, 190.
1 1, 118, 124, 125, 152, 175, 184.
I K, 115, 123, 126, 149, 155, 176, 185,
190.
IKTG, 185.
I L, 143, 144, 158, 160, 176. 185, 190.
I L G, 176.
ILIR, 190.
ILIS, 155.
I M, 115, 151, 156, 158, 176, 177,185,190.
I M W H, 190.
I N, 113, 121, 144, 177, 185.
I N E, 185.
I 0, 109, 136, 140, 175, 177.
I P, 111, 125, 149, 151, 152, 178, 182, 186,
190, 191.
IPEW, 154, 157.
I Q, 151, 186.
I R, 111, 115, 118, 119, 122, 128, 143, 149,
151, 175, 186, 191.
I S, 113, 116, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 145,
146, 148, 149, 150, 152, 155, 158, 160,
161, 175, 176, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186,
187, 191.
I S H C, 184.
I S I B, 191.
I T, 115, 143, 144, 180, 187, 191.
I U, 175, 187.
I W, 118, 119, 120, 127, 143, 145 146,
147, 150, 152, 153, 156, 157, 181, 187,
191.
I W R G, 191.
I W W T, 158, 159, 191.
I Y, 126, 191.
I Y 0 I, 191.
Ibbott, Geo., 184.
Ilger, — , 24.
Impey, Dike, 175.
Innes, Robert, 151, 184,
Innocent, John, 195.
INVOICES OF GOLDSMITHS, 211-248.
Ironside, Edwd., 13, 91, 175.
Irvine, John, 195.
Issod, Joyce, 175.
Issod, Thomas. 141, 175.
ITALY, GOLDSMITHS OF, 233.
J.
Jackson, Alex., 57.
Jackson, Ghas., 140, 142, 175, 184.
Jackson, Elizh., 184.
Jackson, John, 132, 175, 195.
Jackson, Orlando, 182, 190, 191, 195.
Jackson, Thos., 175, 184.
Jackson, Wm., 56.
Jacob, Dennis, 195.
Jacob, John, 152, 175, 184, 195.
Jameson, Thos., 62.
Jarman, Samuel, 195.
Jay, Edwd., 184, 195.
Jay, Henry, 175.
Jeanes, Thos., 184.
Jefferys, Nathaniel, 195.
Jefferys, Saml., 175.
Jenkins, James, 175.
Jenkins, Thos., 136, 175.
Jenner, Robt., 56.
Jennings, Edwd., 139, 175.
Jerningham, Henry, 87.
JERSEY, EARL AND COUNTESS, 75.
76.
Jocee, — , 27.
John of Limoges, 27.
Johnson, Chas., 184.
Johnson, Glover, 140, 175.
Johnson, Jas., 70.
Johnston, James, 195.
Johnson, John, 195.
Johnson, Laurence, 154, 184.
Johnson, Mary, 175.
Johnson, Nicholas, 47.
Johnson, William, 59.
Johnston, Alex., 184, 195.
Jolland, Anthony, 175.
Jones, Edward, 175.
Jones, Geo., 142, 144, 175, 184.
Jones, James, 184.
Jones, John, 175.
Jones, Laurence, 136, 175.
Jones, Robert, 190.
Jones, Thomas, 195.
Jouet, Simon, 175, 184.
Joyce, Stephen, 158, 195.
Jumbard, Martin, 39.
Juson, William, 175.
Justis, William, 146, 175, 184.
K.
K, 128.
K A, 176.
K A M U, 176.
K E, 131, 175, 176.
K I, 175, 176.
K S, 122.
Kandler, Charles, 147, 176, 190.
Kandler, Frederick, 176, 185, 195.
Kayle, Hugh, 54.
Keatt, William, 131, 175.
Keble, Robert, 175.
Keigwin, John, 176.
Kelke, Stephen, 38.
Kempton, Robert, 175
259
Kendall, Luke, 190. 195.
Kendrick, William. 156. 195.
Kenstenber, John, 185-195.
Kent, Richard, 70, 72.
Kenton, Francis. 50, 69, 70.
Kentish. John. 195.
Kersill, Ann, 185
Kersill, Richard, 185.
Kersill, William. 185.
Ketch. Mr.. 70. '
Key (A), 109.
Key, Samuel, 185.
Keylway. William. -17.
Kidder, John, 190, 195.
Kidney, William, 176, 185.
Kilborne and Capill, 70.
Killik. Andrew, 185.
Kilhnayne, David, 176.
Kineard, John, 185.
King, James, 195
King, Jeremiah. 149, 176, 185.
King, John, 190, 195.
King, Will, 190.
Kingeston, John de, 31.
Kingman, James, 195.
Kinman, William, 195.
Kirke, Jonah, 175.
Knopfell, Frederick, 185,
L.
L A, 130, 131. 135. 139, 140, 143, 114,
176.
L B, 182.
L C, 122, 124. 128, 145.
L C S C, 189.
L D, 183. 189.
L E, 133, 134, 135. 136, 176.
L G, 184.
L H, 175, 184.
L H F B, 184.
L I, 128, 139, 154, 176, 184.
L K, 190.
L L, 176. 185.
L O, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141,
176, 186.
L P, 147. 178, 186.
L T. 110
L U, 132, 133, 136, 176.
Laitkwait, John, 185.
Ladvman,'john, 130. 131. 135, 176.
Lamerie, Paul de, 15, 85, 140. 143. 144.
145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 176, 185, 241-
246.
Lamb, Henry, 70.
Lamb, John, 190, 195.
Lambe, Edward, 185.
Lambe, George, 139, 176,
Lambe, Jane, 176.
Lambe, John, 158, 160.
Lambe, Jonathan, 176.
Lambert, Geo., 96.
Lambert, Walter, 47,
Lamberts, 95, 96.
Lampfert, John, 185.
Langford, John, 155, 195,
Langford, Thomas, 176, 195,
Langland, John, 190.
Langley, Sir John, 51.
Langlois, James B., 176.
Lapley, James, 71.
Laroche, Louis, 176, 185.
Lathom. Raufe, 44, 47.
LATIMER, BISHOP, quoted, 225.
Laughton, Charles, 185.
Laughton, John, 131, 176.
Laundry. Samuel, 176.
Lautier, John, 195.
Laver, Benjamin, 190.
Lavis, John, 185.
Law, John, 89.
Lawerd, Robert, 47.
Lawley, Francis, 195.
Lawrence. Thomas, 185.
Lea, SamL, 142.
Leach, John, 136, 176.
Leadbetter, Charles, 195.
Leadham, Thomas, 14, 55,
Le Bas, William, 190.
Le Blund or Blount, Ralph, 26,
Lee, Edmond, 47.
Lee, Jere, 185.
Lee, John, 190.
Lee, Luke, 64.
Lee, Samuel, 135, 176.
Leeke, Ralphe, 133, 176,
Le Francis, Abraham, 185.
Le Sage, Augustus, 88, 195.
Le Sage, John Hugh, 88, 146, 176.
Le Sage, John F., 185.
Le Sage.' Simon, 88, 153, 176, 185.
Leghtone, Thomas de, 26.
Lejeune, Josiah, 195.
Lenvde, Thomas, 33,
Leo^ of Ely, 22.
Leofstane, Fitz, 23.
Lewes, John, 47.
Lewis, George, 133, 134, 176,
Lewis, Hugh, 59.
Ley, Petley, 176.
Ley, Timothy, 136, 176.
Liddiard, Thomas, 195.
Liger, Isaac, 139, 176.
Liger, John, 143, 144, 176,
Limoges, John of, 27.
Lincoln, John de, 29.
Lindsay, John, 70.
Lincoln, Thomas de, 30.
Lincoln, Walter de, 29.
Lingard, John, 176,
Lis, 110.
Littlewood, Samuel, 195.
Lofthouse, Mary, 145. 176.
Lofthouse. Matthews. 138. 140. 143, 176.
Lofthouse, Seth, 137, 138, 139. 176.
Lock, Nathaniel. 134. 135. 137. 138, 139
176.
LONDON ASSAY OFFICE LETTERS
100-102, _
Lonerye, Richard. 31.
Lonison, John, 52.
Looker, William, 139, 140, 176.
Lote. Stephen, 33.
LOTTERIES, 46, 88,
Louth, John de, 28.
260
Lovejoy, John, 50.
Lovell, Robert, 136, 176.
Lowe, Edward, 190.
Lowndes, Thomas, 190.
Lowth, 41.
LUCAS, LORD, 80.
Lucas, Robert, 32, 145, 176, 185.
Ludlow, John, 176.
Luff, John, 185.
Lukin, William, 132, 133, 136, 176.
Lyas, German, 35.
Lymson, William, 47.
Lynch, Germaine, 37
M.
M, 110, 114, 120.
M A, 121, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,
176, 177.
M B, 171, 182.
M C, 171, 172, 183.
M D, 183.
M E, 134, 139, 140, 176.
M F, 151, 152, 153, 181, 183, 189.
M G, 129, 142.
M I, 131, 175, 176, 177.
M K, 123.
M L, 143, 145, 176.
M M, 190.
M O, 141, 176, 177.
M P, 178, 186, 191.
M R, 179, 186.
M U, 176.
Macduff, Lawrence, 195.
Mackarness, John, 56.
Mackenzie, William, 185.
Mackfarlen, Jessie, 185.
Mackfarlen, T., 185.
Madden, Jonathan, 176.
Madden, Matthew, 176.
Madding, 93.
Maidman, Ralph, 177.
Maitland, James, 177
Makemeid, Christopher, 195
Makemeid, Mary, 190.
Makenhened, John de, 31.
Makepeace, Robert, 93, 158, 190.
Makepeace, Thomas, 93, 190.
MAKERS MARKS ON COPPER PLATE,
162-166.
MAKERS MARKS WITH EMBLEMS,
219.
Mallison, Thomas, 196.
Malluson, Edward, 185.
Malpas, Joseph, 196.
Malvayne, Herre, 32.
Malyn, Isaac, 176.
Maning, Mr., 15, 61.
Manners, James, 177, 185.
Marechal, Robert Le, 31.
Margas, Jacob, 137, 139, 176, 177
Margas, Samuel, 177.
MARKS OF PLATE-WORKERS IN
GOLDSMITHS' BOOKS, 167-191.
MARLBOROUGH, DUCHESS OF, 74.
Marriott, Gabriel, 59.
Marriott, John, 49, 69.
Marshall, Sir N., 13.
Martin Charles, 144, 145, 177, 185.
Marot, Daniel, 72.
Marsh, Richard, 56.
Marshall, Sir Henry, 91.
Marshe, Jacob, 185.
Martin, Sir Richard, 15, 51.
Maserer, Simon le, 31.
Masham, Willoughby, 133, 134, 176.
Mason, Matthew, 57.
Mason, Thomas, 140, 145, 177, 185.
Massey, Samuel, 157, 196.
MASTERS OF THE MINT, 224, 227-
232
Mathew, William, 136, 141, 176, 177.
Matthew, George, 176.
Matthew, John, 176.
Matthew, Mary, 176.
Maun, Thomas, 177, 185.
Mawson and Co., 69, 71.
May, Richard, 189.
Mayhew, John, 33.
Mears, William, 196.
Medlycott, Edmund, 185.
Mercer, Thomas, 185.
MERCHANT TAYLORS' COMPANY, 15
Meriton, Samuel, 185.
Merry, Thomas, 177.
Merton, Walter de, 27.
Merz, Lauret, 196.
Metcalf, Thomas, 47.
Metham, Robert, 196.
Methuen, George, 151, 185.
Mettayer, Lewis, 134, 139, 140, 176.
Meure, Peter, 83, 151, 181.
Meynell, Alderman Francis, 61.
Michell, Edward, 59.
Middleton and Campbell, 77.
Middelton, Sir Hugh, 51.
Middelton, Sir Thomas, 51.
Middleton, George, 77.
Middleton, Richard, 51.
Middleton, William, 131, 176.
Mieg, Oh., 190.
MILAN CANDLESTICK, 24
Miller, Henry, 148, 177.
Millington, John, 177.
Mills, Dorothy, 150, 152, 185.
Mills, Hugh, 150, 185.
Mills, Richard, 185.
Mince, James, 190.
MINT, SEIZURE OF MERCHANTS
DEPOSITS, 210.
MINT, THE ROYAL, DESCRIPTION
AND ORGANISATION, with names of
the officials engaged, 224-232.
MISSISSIPPI SCHEME, 90.
Molde, Nicholas, 47.
Moliere, John, 196.
Montgomery, A., 185.
Montgomery, John, 177 , 185.
Moody, William, 185.
Moore, Andrew, 176.
Moore, Edward, 196.
Moore, John, 156, 185, 190, 196.
Moore, Samuel, 57.
Moore, Thomas, 185.
Morisset, James, 196.
261
Morley, John, 54.
Morley, Thomas, 188.
Morrell, Richard, 15, 57, 62.
Morris, George, 185.
Morris, Henry, 149, 150, 185, 196.
Morrison, James, 151, 185.
Morrison, Richard, 196.
Morse, Thomas, 177.
Morson, James, 141, 177.
Morson, Richard, 196.
Mortimer. John. 95.
Moser, G. M., 89.
Motherby, John, 177.
Moulsey, John, 80.
Mountfort, Hezekiak, 177
Mowden, David, 177.
Muire, Peter, 196.
Munday, Sir John, 42.
Mundy, Roger, 42, 44, 47
Mundye, Wyncent, 47.
Munns, John, 158, 185.
Murray, Charles, 176.
Murray, I., 176.
Muschamp, Thomas, 36, 48.
N.
N A, 177.
N B, 120.
N C, 172.
N D, 189.
N E, 128, 137, 138, 141, 143, 177.
N I, 132, 177.
N 0, 112.
N R, 113, 114.
N S, 110, 111, 149, 186.
N W, 122.
Nash, Bowles, 142, 177
Nash, Gawen, 177, 185.
Natter, George, 190.
Naylor, John, 196.
Neale, Anthony, 47.
Nelme, Anthony, 81, 130, 131, 132, 134,
137, 138, 140, 177.
Nelme, Francis, 81, 143, 177, 185.
Nelthorpe, Henry, 71.
Neville, John, 185.
Newhall, Henry, 49.
Newman, Alen, 38.
Newman, Gaius, 55.
NEW RIVER SUPPLY, 51.
NEW YORK, GOLDSMITHS OF, 132,
177.
NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, 225.
Newton, John, 144, 177, 185.
Newton, Jonathan, 177.
Newton, Samuel, 177.
Nicholl, Mich., 177.
Nightingale, Richard, 132, 177.
Noel, Thomas, 57.
Norman, Philip, 196.
Norrington, 70.
Northcote, Thomas, 190.
Nutting, Henry, 190.
J
0.
O I, 182, 190.
O S, 121, 126.
O U, 177.
O Y, 177.
Odoricus, 26.
Oldfield, Elizabeth, 184.
Oliveyra, Abraham de, 143, 177, 186.
Ollivant, Thomas, 190.
Orb and Cross, 112.
Orewell, John, 34.
Orme, Joseph, 190.
Otho, Fitz Hugh, 25.
Otto, Fitz Thomas, 25.
Otto, Fitz William, 24.
Otto the Elder, 23.
Otto the Younger, 23.
Ourry, Lewis, 186.
Overing, Chas., 177
Owen, Wm, 177.
Owing, John, 177.
Oxendly, Robt., 44.
Oxeneye, Solomon, 33.
Oyle, Philip, 177.
P.
P, 127.
P A, 130, 132, 135, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143,
144, 177, 178, 181.
P A P M, 151.
P B, 119, 160, 181, 182.
P B A B, 188.
P B I B, 188.
P B W B, 188.
P C, 119, 146, 148, 152, 172, 182, 183.
P C W G, 184.
P E, 133, 134, 138, 139, 141, 177, 178, 179.
P. F., 157, 189.
P G, 112, 117, 149, 152, 174, 183, 184, 189.
P H, 127, 174, 178.
PH, 129, 141.
P I, 177, 178.
P K, 126.
P L, 133, 137, 138, 140, 145, 146, 148, 149
150, 151, 176, 177, 178, 185.
P M, 112, 124, 181.
P N, 196.
P O, 139, 177, 178.
P P, 144, 145, 152, 178, 186.
P R, 124, 141, 177, 178, 179, 186, 191.
P S, 160, 161, 180, 191.
P T, 150, 180, 187.
P V, 187.
P Y, 132, 133, 137, 139, 141, 177
Paddesley, John, 34.
PAGEANTS or RIDINGS, 9.
Pages, Francis, 148, 178, 186.
Paillet, Mark, 132, 137, 177.
Paine, Robert, 56.
Palmer, Lymond, 47.
Palmer, William, 38.
Paltock & Snow, 84.
Paltro, James, 186.
Pantin, Lewis, 147, 178, 186, 196
Pantin, Mary, 178.
262
Pantin, Samuel, 177, 178.
Pantin, Simon, 82, 137, 139, 178.
PAPER MILL AT DARTFORD, 51.
Paradise, Wm, 142, 178.
Pardoe, Thomas, 71.
Pargeter, Richd., 178, 186.
Pargiter, John, 65.
Parker, John, 94, 154, 157, 196.
PARLIAMENTARY RETURN 1773, 192.
Parr, Sarah, 145, 177.
Parr, Thos., 92, 177, 178, 186, 196.
Pars, Albertus, 196.
Partridge, Affabel, 46.
Paterson, William, 79.
Patterson, John, 44.
Patterton, 47.
Paul, Sir J. D., 84.
PAWNES and PAWNBROKERS, 77.
Payne, Humphrey, 82, 130, 135, 138, 139,
142, 144, 177, 186.
Payne, John, 82, 92, 152, 186, 196.
Payne, Thos. and Richd., 190.
Peacock, Edwd., 178, 179.
Peacock, Jas., 196.
Peake, Robert, 133, 134, 177.
Pearce, Edmd., 138, 139, 178.
Pearce, James, 177.
Pearson, William, 178.
Peaston, William, 157, 186.
Peele, Thos., 178.
Pemberton, Sir Jas., 54.
Penford, John, 177.
Penston, Wm., 150, 151, 152, 153, 186,
190, 196.
Penstone, Henry, 177.
Penstone, William, 177, 178.
PEPYS, QUOTED, 6, 58, 61, 65, 66, 68, 69.
Percefull & Evans, 71.
Perchard, Matthew, 92.
Perchard, Peter, 93.
Perkins, Jonathan, 191.
Pero, Isabel, 186.
Pero? John, 141, 178, 186.
Perrier, Charles, 178.
Perry, James, 196.
Perry, John, 186.
Perryn, John, 57, 62, 64.
Pertt, Robt., 178.
Peter, Abbot of Gloucester, 23.
Peter, the Roman citizen, 26.
Peterson, Wm., 190.
Petley, William, 133, 177, 178.
Petri]', Jean, 178.
Philip, Sir Mathew, 37.
PHILIPPA, QUEEN, her tomb, 29.
Phillip, Phyllis, 144, 145, 178.
Phillips, John, 154, 178, 196.
Phipps, Jas., 155, 182, 196.
Picasse, Stephen, 196.
Pickering, Matthew, 178.
Pickett, William, 196.
Piercy, Robert, 154, 155, 190, 196.
Pierrepoint, Geo., 189.
Piers, Daniel, 152, 186.
Piers, Mary, 186.
Pier son, William, 78.
Pilkington, Robert, 186.
Pilleau, Pere, 152, 178, 186,
Pinard, Paul, 186.
Pincking, Israel, 177.
Pinckney, Henry, 58, 69.
Pinckney, William, 58.
Pitches, Geo., 173.
Pitts, Thomas, 196.
Pitts, William, 160, 190, 191.
PLATE AT GOLDSMITHS' HALL in
1468, 13.
DITTO in 1883, 211.
PLATE, CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF,
109, 161.
PLATE, DERIVATION OF THE WORD,
3.
PLATED WARE, 4.
PLATE-WORKERS' MARKS, passim.
Platel, Philip, 178.
Platel, Pierre, 82, 133, 137, 138, 140, 177.
Player, Gabriel, 177.
Playfair, William, 191.
Plummer, Michael, 101.
Plummer, William, 154, 186, 191, 196.
Plvmlev, Fras., 140, 178.
Pocock, Edwd., 142, 143, 144, 145. 146,
170, 178.
Podie, Peter, 191. .
Pole, Thomas, 33.
POLITICAL ECONOMY, 6.
POLLEN, MR., QUOTED, 24.
Pollock, John, 149. 151, 178, 186.
Pont, John, 178, 196.
Pontifex, Daniel, 191.
Port, Thos., 139, 178.
Portal, Abraham, 186, 196
Portall, Wm., 196,
Porter, John, 177.
Porter, William, 35.
Portman, John, 69.
Potter, Wm., 190.
Potts, Thos., 171, 178.
Poultraine, Maximn., 55.
Powell, Thos., 152, 155, 186, 196.
Pratt, Thos. B., 190.
Preedy, Jos., 160, 190, 191.
Prest, Walter, 33.
Price, Edmd., 196.
Price, Harvey, 178.
Price, Heneage, 73.
Price, Thomas, 71.
Prichard, Thos., 178.
PRIDEAUX, WALTER, HIS EVIDENCE,
103.
Priest, John, 186.
Priest, William, 153, 196.
Prockter, Edmd., 177.
Pye, 178, 186.
Pye, Thos., 178, 186.
Pyne, Benjn., 81, 132, 133, 137, 139, 141,
177.
Q.
Quantock, John, 151, 186, 196.
E.
R, 118, 125.
R A, 112, 117, 136, 147, 150, 174, 178, 181.
263
R A Cox, 182.
R A C, 182.
R B. 115. 145. 146, 147. 148, 150, 171,181,
182.
R C. 114, 116, 117. 124. 125, 128. 159, 160,
182, 188, 189.
RODS. 188.
R D. 109, 110, 111, 120.
R E, 127, 128, 135, 173, 178.
R F 173
R G, 125*. 127. 128. 148, 173. 174. 183. 184.
189.
R G T C, 148, 150. 152, 153, 161. 172, 183.
R H, 112. 122. 123, 161, 174, 175. 184, 190.
RHDH, 190.
R H S H. 190.
R I, 151. 178. 179, 184, 190.
R 1 1 S S, 190.
R K. 110. 185.
R L, 117, 123, 145, 176, 185.
R M, 112, 113, 118, 120, 177, 185, 189,
190.
RMRC, 158, 190.
RMT M, 190.
R 0, 116. 130, 133. 135. 136, 178. 179.
R P, 116. 127, 151. 154. 155. 178, 186.
190.
R R, 117, 154, 157, 186, 191.
R S, 116, 119, 124, 126, 160, 178, 179, 186,
191.
R T, 123, 127, 153. 187.
R V, 111, 130, 131. 137, 178.
R W, 113, 114, 115, 119, 180, 181.
Raeburn, Sir Henry, 93.
Raeburn, John. 196.
RAIKES, QUOTED, 208.
Ramsay, Dame Mary, 53.
Rainaud, Philip, 178.
Raine, Richd., 178.
Rand,' John, 136, 178.
Randies, John, 196.
Rankin, Edwd., 50.
Raven, Andrew, 178.
Ravenscoot, Van, 163.
Rawdon, Edward, 34.
Rawle, William, 196.
Rawbngs & Lambert, 96.
Rawlins, Richd., 196.'
Rawlinson, Sir Jas., 13.
Rawlinson. Sir Thos., 91.
Rawson, William, 49, 69.
Raynham, Thos., 31.
Read, Jno., 135, 178.
Reade, Bartholomew, 35.
Readshaw. Joshua, 178.
Rede, Thos., 47.
Reeve, William. 179.
REGALIA, 108, 198-208.
Remonde, 34.
Revnolds, John, 55, 196.
Reynolds, Wm., 158, 196.
Revnoldson, Wm., 157, 186.
Renou, Thos.. 160, 191.
Rew, Robert, 154, 186, 196.
Reynes, Robert, 47.
Riboulau. Isaac, 179.
RICHARD II. AND HIS QUEEX, their
tomb, 33.
Richardson, Aldn., 92.
Richardson, John, 143, 179, 186.
RICHMOND, MARGARET. COUNTESS
OF, her tomb. 43.
Ridout, Geo., 186.
Riley, Christopher. 178.
RILEY. QUOTED. 30. 33.
Roberts. Hugh. 130. 178.
Robert, of St. Albans. 22.
Robertson, Wm.. 186. 196.
Robins, John, 191.
Robinson, Jonn., 149, 179.
Robinson, John, 186, 196.
Robinson. Philip. 178. 179.
ROBINSON'S MERC. SCISS. SCHOL.,
49, 56, 59, 60, 62.
Robinson, Ralph, 56
Robinson, Richard, 50.
Roby, Samuel, 186.
Rockley, William, 35.
Rodenbostel, Geo., 191.
Roe, Ebenezer, 178.
Roe, Nathaniel, 178.
Roger of Ely, 30.
Rogers, Richd., 57.
Rogers, Robt., 196.
Rogers & Child. 63.
Roker, Eliz., 191.
Roker, John, 186.
Roker. Mathew, 186. 196.
Roker. Philip. 136, 141, 178. 186, 191,
196.
Rokesley, Gregory de, 26.
Rokeslev, Thomas de, 31.
Rolles, Philip, 133, 178.
Roman, Ann, 178.
Romer, Emick, 196.
Romer, John, 196.
Romilly, Peter, 196.
Rongent, Estienne, 179.
Rood, James, 178.
Roode, Alex., 135, 178.
Roode, Gundry, 178, 179,
Roode, Mary, 178, 179.
Rooksby, Benjn., 196.
Rose, Joseph, 93.
Rosette, 110, 112.
Roskell. Robert, 95.
Ross, Robt., 191, 196,
Rous, William, 36.
Rowlett, Rafe, 47.
Rowe, John. 151. 186, 196.
Rowe, Thos., 69, 71-, 186.
Rugg. Richd.. 157, 186, 191, 196.
Ruffin, Fras., 196.
Russell, Elias, 196.
Russell, John, 196.
Rundell & Bridge, 94, 95, 161.
RUNNING CASHES, 70, 210.
RUPERT (PRINCE) JEWELS. 74,
Rush, Thos., 146, 149, 179, 186.
Rushforth, Fendall, 92.
RUSHWORTH, QUOTED. 8.
RUSKIN, QUOTED. 6. 7.
Ruslen, John, 130, 131, 137. 178.
Russe, William, 36.
Russell, Abraham, 178.
RYMER'S FCEDERA, QUOTED, 198.
264
S.
S, 109, 121, 126.
S A, 118, 137, 138, 139, 155, 179, 18L, 191.
SAWI, 191.
S B, 112, 113, 171, 182.
S C, 125, 128, 130, 131, 153, 179.
S C I 0, 154, 155, 156.
S D, 129, 189.
8 E, 132, 139, 179.
S G, 174, 189.
S G E W, 189.
S H, 111, 126, 131, 136, 139, 150, 151, 152,
174, 175, 179, 180, 184, 190.
S I, 135, 158, 179, 184.
S K, 110, 185.
S L, 129, 136, 137, 142, 153, 176, 179, 185.
S M, 134, 157, 177, 179, 185.
S N, 110, 120, 122, 179.
S P, 137, 145, 177, 178, 179, 186.
S Q, 131, 179-
S R, 121, 124, 186.
S S, 187.
S T, 123, 131, 150, 153, 179, 187.
S U, 119, 120, 130, 135, 136, 179.
S W, 109, 123, 129, 144, 145, 147, 149, 154,
156, 180, 181, 187.
S Y, 131, 136.
Sadler, Arthur, 92.
Sadler, Thomas, 137, 138, 139, 179.
Saffory, John, 196.
Sage, Le John Hugh, 179.
Sallam, Robert, 196.
Salmon, Robert, 196.
Sampel, William, 187.
Sandby, William, 84.
Sanden, William, 187.
Sanders, Benjamin, 147, 180, 186.
Sanders, John, 15, 72, 179.
Sanders, Jos., 145, 146 149, 180, 186.
Sandwith, Ralph, 27.
Sankey, William, 59.
Sarbit, Dorothy, 152, 187.
Sardet, Henry, 196.
Sarney, John, 197.
Satchwell, Thos., 197.
Saunders, Alexander, 187, 196.
Saunders, Hugh, 179.
Savage, James, 180.
Scales, Edw., 196.
Scarlet, Richard, 179.
Scarlett, William, 130, 131, 132, 179, 180.
Schoenen, Van, 163.
Schrimpshaw, Michael, 71.
Schuppe, John, 187, 197.
Schurman, Albert, 187.
Scofield, John, 158, 160, 190, 191.
Seabrook, James, 139, 179.
Seale & Temple, 70, 71.
Seatoun, Geo., 197.
Sebille, John, 155.
Selys, , 39.
Seman, Bartholomew, 33.
Semore, Chas., 184.
Seymour, Thos., 15, 80.
Shaa or Shaw, Sir John, 41.
Shaa, Sir Edmond, 38, 40.
Sharp, Robert, 156, 159, 160, 188, 191,
197.
Sharpe, Goslings, 68.
Sharrington, Sir William, 47.
Shaw, Daniel, 186.
Shaw, William, 153, 180, 186, 187, 197.
Sheen, William, 156, 187, 191, 197.
Sheene, Alice, 136, 139, 179.
Sheene, Josh., 131, 179.
SHEFFIELD PLATE, 4.
Shelley, Philip, 54.
Shelley, Samuel, 197.
Shepherd, John, 179.
Shepherd, Thos., 191.
Shermer, Thos., 179.
Shirley, Robert, 15, 55.
Shordich, Robert, 29, 31.
SHORE, JANE, 39.
Shore, Matthew, 39.
Shorter, Sir John, 10, 77.
Shruder, James, 148, 149, 150, 180, 186.
Sieber, Ernest, 186.
Siervent, Samuel, 187.
SIGNS OF GOLDSMITHS' SHOPS, 212
SILVER OF GUTHURONS LANE, 27
Simkiss, Richard, 197.
Simon le Maserer, 31.
Simon, Peter, 179, 180.
Simons, William, 160, 191, 197.
Simpson, Giles, 50.
Singleton, Fras., 136, 179.
Skeen, William, 191.
Slater, Jas., 180.
Sleamaker, Daniel, 136, 137, 178, 179.
Sleath, Gabriel, 137, 145, 179, 186, 187.
Smith, Daniel, 156, 159, 188, 191, 197.
Smith, George, 160, 180, 186, 187, 191
197.
Smith, Jas., 155, 179, 186, 197.
Smith, John, 84, 134, 179.
Smith, Josh., 179, 180.
Smith, Samuel, 92, 179, 187.
Smith, Thos., 187.
Smith, William, 197.
Smithies, Geo., 56.
Smithies, Thos., 57.
Smithsend, John, 179.
Smyth, Mr., 73
Snell, Geo., 57, 59, 63.
Snell, John, 63, 71.
Snelling, John, 179.
Snow, Jeremiah, 60.
Snow, Thos., 60, 84.
Soame, William, 179, 180, 186.
Solomon of Ely, 40.
Solomon, William, 186.
South, Edward, 59.
South, Robert, 15, 61.
SOUTH SEA BUBBLE, 90.
Southwood, William, 47.
Spackman, John, 179, 186.
Spackman, Thos., 137, 179.
Spackman, William, 142, 179.
SPAIN, GOLDSMITHS OF, 234.
Speilman, John, 51.
Spendeley, Robert, 44, 47.
Spilsbury, Fras., 180, 186, 197.
Sponer, Thomas, 47.
265
"Sprage. Chas., 180.
:Sprimont, Nicholas, 89, 149, 186.
Spring. Hugh, 179.
Spring. William, 179.
SPUR MONEY. 207.
Squire, Geo., 131, 143, 179.
Squirrel, 114.
Stag. 126.
.Stag's head, 110. 111.
Stalev, Richard. 71.
Stamp, Fras., 191.
Stamp, Jas., 158, 191, 197.
Standulph. John, 29.
Star, 113.
Stephen, Gilbert, 189.
Stephenson, Benjamin, 191, 196.
Stephenson, "William, 191.
Stevenson, Ambrose, 179.
Stevyns, Thos., 47.
Steward. Jos., 179, 186, 187.
Stewart, Horatio. 95, 102, 107.
Stirling, John, 197.
Stocker, John, 179.
STOCKS MARKET, 66.
Stokes or Stocks, Humphrey, 71.
Stokes. Humphrey, 65.
Stokes, Josh., 131, 179.
Stone & Martin, 73.
Storey, Chas., 197.
Storr & Mortimer, 95, 191.
StoiT, Paul, 94, 160, 161, 189.
STOW QUOTED, 40, 45.
Strahan & Co., 84.
Street, William, 179.
Streetin, Thos., 191.
STRYPE QUOTED, 68.
Sumner. William, 191.
Sutton, Isaac, 52.
Sutton, Jas., 161, 191.
Sutton, John, 34, 130, 135, 136 179.
Sutton, Josh., 197.
Sutton, Thomas, 179.
Swanson, Robert, 186.
Sweetaple, John, 71.
Sweeting, Henry, 64.
Swift, John, 152, 155, 186. 197.
Swift, Thos., 158, 197.
Symonds, William, 15, 61.
•Symson, William, 44.
Syngin, Richard, 131, 136, 179.
T.
T A, 121, 140, 180.
T B, 111. 117, 129, 138, 180, 182.
T BAH,] 88.
TBEB, 188.
T C, 124, 125, 157, 159, 172, 182, 183, 188,
189.
T C W C. 155.
T D. 183. 189.
T D I W, 189.
T E, 117, 126, 146, 159, 173, 180, 183,
189.
T F, 113, 115, 142, 148, 183, 189.
T F I M, 189.
T G, 118. 119, 128, 172, 183, 185, 189.
! T G I G I C, 189.
T H, 115, 116, 122, 153, 154, 155. 156
180, 184, 190.
T H I C, 155.
T I, 126. 131, 133, 135, 136, 139. 175
180, 184.
T L, 110, 122, 128, 185.
T M, 123, 125, 145, 177, 185.
T N. 190.
T N G B, 190.
T O, 180, 190.
T P. 120. 143, 152, 155, 178, 186.
T P R P, 190.
T R. 118, 122, 146, 149, 160, 179. 180
186, 191.
T R A H, 190.
T S. 114, 123, 145, 158, 179, 187, 191.
T T. 142, 148, 180, 187, 191.
T U, 117. 127, 180.
T W. 180, 181, 187, 191.
T W C W, 153, 154, 155.
T W W W, 148.
T Z, 122, 125.
Tabart, Peter, 180.
Tabois, Peter, 197.
TAILORS AND GOLDSMITHS QUAR
REL, 27.
TALBOT, SIR GILBERT, Keeper of tin
Jewels, 204.
Tanqueray, Ann, 140, 180.
Tanqueray, D., 180.
Tant, William, 197.
Tavlebois, Robert, 50.
Tayler, Geo., 197.
Tayleur, John, 1 91.
Taylor, John, 180.
Taylor, Peter, 150, 187, 197.
Taylor, Samuel, 150, 153, 187.
Taylor, William, 94, 158, 159, 191.
I Taylour, Rogier, 47.
Tearle, Thos., 142, 148, 180, 187.
Temple & Seale, 70, 71,
Temple, John, 69, 71.
TENNANT QUOTED, 207.
TERRELL, DAME ELISABETH, 37.
Terry, John, 15, 61, 64.
Teulings. Constantin, 187, 197.
Theed, William, 94.
Theophilus, 23.
Thillon, 21, 22.
Thomas, Richard, 187.
Thomegay, Mark, 197.
Thompson, John, 191.
Thome, Robert, 93.
Thorne, Samuel, 180.
Thorne, Thomas, 92.
Thovey, Michael, 26.
Thriscross, 180.
Thurkle, Marmaduke, 197
Thursby, John, 71.
Thurston. Sir J., 41.
Tiffany and Co, New York, 222.
I Tiffin, John, 133, 180.
Timberlake, Joseph, 187.
Timbrell, Robert, 127, 131, 135, 138, 139
180.
Titterton, George, 136, 180.
Todd, Silvester, 47.
18
266
Tokett, Marmaduke, 197.
Tookie, Samuel, 71.
Tookey, Elizabeth. 197.
Tookey, James. 187.
Tookey, Thomas. 191.
To one, William, 180.
Torel, William, 25.
Torrigiano, Peter. 43.
TOUCHSTONE FOR GOLD AND
SILVER WARES, 162.
Towman, Thomas, 187.
Townley, John, 71.
Townsend, Edmund, 180.
Townsend. John, 187, 191.
Townsend, Thomas, 180.
Townskend, William, 197.
Traherne. Benjamin, 180.
Trappis, Thomas, 47.
Trapps, Robert, 44, 47. 51.
TREBY. P. W. P., Esq., 241.
Trefoil, 109, 110, 112.
Tripp, Job, 187.
Tritton and Co., 85.
Truss, William. 180.
Tuite, Elizabeth, 187.
Tuite, John. 88, 143, 144, 180, 187.
Tuite, William, 187, 197.
Turbitt, William, 180.
Turnemire, William de, 27.
Turner and Tookie, 69, 71.
Turner, Edward, 180.
Turner, Francis, 180.
Turner, William, 187.
Turpin, Thomas, 49.
Tweedie. John, 191.
Tweedie,' Walter, 191, 197.
Twell, William, 180.
Twissilton, John, 41.
Twyford, Sir Nicholas, 32.
Tylsworth, William. 47.
Tyrill, Robert, 153, 187.
u.
Udale, 41.
Unrfrey, 36.
Underwood, John, 197.
Usborne. 58.
V.
V A. 173.
V I, .138.
V N, 132.
Vaen, John, 173.
Vale, William, 189.
Van Houten, 163.
Van Ravenscoot, 163.
Vandelf, John, 42.
Vere, John, Henry, 197.
Verlander, John, 187.
Verlander, Philip, 197.
Videau, Ayme, 152, 187, 197.
Vilaine, 163.
Vincent, Edmund, 197.
Vincent, Edward, 138, 187.
Vincent, Philip, 187.
Vincent. William, 197.
Viner, Sir George, 60.
Viner, Sir Robert, 65, 66, 67, 201.
Viner, Sir Thomas, 57, 60.
Violet, Thomas, 61, 63.
Vonham, Fred, 187, 197.
Vulfinus, 22.
I W, 115.
W A, 130, 133, 134,135, 143, 180.
W B, 127, 159, 182, 188.
W B I P, 154, 155.
W C, 113, 114, 116, 118. 151, 154, 155r
157, 182, 183.
W C T C, 154.
W D, 143, 145, 172, 189.
W E, 135, 159. 161, 180, 181.
W E G P, 189.
W E W F, 189.
W F, 124, 161, 173, 189.
W F D P, 189.
W F P S, 189.
W G, 79, 127, 148, 150, 152, 156, 158, 174.
183, 184, 189.
W G E F, 189.
W H, 113, 120. 121. 141. 148, 175, 181.
184. 190.
W H N D, 190.
W H W C, 190.
W I. Ill, 130, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139.
140, 143, 146, 175, 180, 181, 184.
W K, 129, 156, 176, 185, 190.
W L, 115, 176.
W L B, 190.
W M, 120, 141. 177, 185.
W N, 121.
W O. 177. 181.
W P. 150. 151. 152. 153, 154, 157, 178,.
186, 190, 191.
W PIP, 160. 191.
W P R P, 186.
W P W S, 187.
W P W W, 191.
W R, 114, 116, 157, 158, 179, 186.
W S. 109, 117, 118, 122, 123, 129, 142,.
156, 160, 179, 180, 182, 186, 187, 191.
W S R C, 191.
W S W P. 153, 187.
W T, 180, 187, 191.
W W, 150, 155, 181.
W Y, 181, 188.
Waberlev, John, 47.
Wade, Peter, 71.
Wakefield, 55.
Wakelin, Edward, 94, 151,154, 157, 187..
196.
Wakelin, John, 94, 158, 159, 191.
Walker, Bowyer, 181.
Walker, William, 46.
Wall, John, 189.
Wall, Thomas, 180.
Wallis, Major John, 71.
Wallis, Thomas, 187, 191, 197.
Walpole, Adam de, 29.
WALPOLE, HORACE, QUOTED, 4.
Walpole, John, 31.
Walsh, White, 133, 180.
267
Walter, Anthony, 62.
Walter, Herman, 197.
Walton and Snow, 84.
Walton, William, 35.
Walyngwick, Nicholas de, 3L
Ward and Townley, 71.
Ward, Humble, 57.
Ward, Joseph, 130, 133, 180.
Ward, Michael, 187.
Ward, Sir William, 57.
WARDENS OF THE MINT, 224, 227.
Warham, William, 180.
Warke, 47.
Warren, Lawrence, 45.
WARWICK, EARL OP, his tomb, 35.
Wase, Christopher, 55.
Wasson, John, 65.
Wastell, Samuel, 134, 180.
Wastell, Thomas, 47
Waterhouse, Thomas, 180.
Watkins, William, 187.
Wattell, 41
Watts, Benjamin, 130, 133, 135, 180.
Watts, Richard, 180.
Wayne, William, 59.
Waysmith, Francis, 187
Webb, Thos., 197.
Webbe, Geo., 47.
Weekes, Geo., 94, 181.
Weir, Geo., 181.
Welder, SamL, 145, 180, 181.
Weldring, John, 157, 197.
Welles, SamL, 149, 187.
Welles, Simon de, 25.
Welstead, Robert, 69.
Werritzer, Peter, 187.
West, Benjn., 181, 187.
West, James, 187.
West. Matthew, 135.
West, Wm, 180, 181.
WESTMORLAND, COUNTESS, 75.
Weston, William, 197.
Wethered, James, 180.
Wheat, Saml , 188, 197.
Wheeler, Jno. and Wm., 49.
Whipbam, Charles, 154.
Whipham, Thos., 148, 153, 155, 187, 188.
Whipman, Thos., 92, 181, 197.
White and Churchill, 71.
White, Fuller, 151, 187, 188, 197.
White, Jas. Feake, 15, 61.
White, John, 93, 141, 143, 145, 181, 187.
White, SamL, 197.
White, Thomas, 71.
Whitehall, Gilbert, 69.
Whittingham, Henry, 59.
Whitway, SamL, 154.
Whyte, David, 197.
Wiburd, James, 197.
Wichehaller, 181.
Wickenden, John, 92.
Wickes (or Weekes), Geo., 94, 145, 181,
187.
Wigan, Edwd., 189.
Wigge, Robert, 47. 48
Wilford, Starling, 144, 180, 181.
Wilks, Dennis, 146, 181, 187.
Wilks, James, 145, 181, 187.
Willaume, David, 84, 130, 133, 135, 136.
137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 147. 149, 180.
181, 187.
William, of Wykeham, 28.
Williams, Chas., 180.
Williams, James, 187.
Williams, Sir John, 45.
Williams, Richd., 180.
Williams, Robert, 181.
Williams. Thos., 70, 71.
Williams, Wm., 148, 150, 187.
Willis, Percival & Co., 70,79.
Willmore, Thos., 191.
Willmot, James, 187.
Wimans. 135, 180.
WINDSOR CASTLE REBUILT, 29.
Winkins, Nicholas, 187.
Winter, William, 197.
Wintle, Geo , 191. *
Wirgman. Gabriel, 159, 197.
Wirgman, John, 150, 152, 153, 156, 187.
Wisdom, John, 147, 180, 181.
Withers, Fabian, 47.
Wodeward, Wm., 37.
Wolff, Morgan, 47.
WOLSEY, CARDINAL, 42.
Wood, Edwd., 143, 145, 147, 150, 181, 187.
Wood, SamL, 92, 147, 181.
Wood. Thos., 38.
Woods, Christopher, 191, 197.
Woodward, Chas., 187.
Woodward, William, 181, 187.
Wooler, Wm., 155, 187.
Woollaston, Sir Jno., 57, 58.
Worboys, Arthur, 92, 197.
Worthington Wm., 197.
Wren, John, 191.
Wright, Anthony & Richd., t)3.
Wright, Chas., 153, 155, 157, 158, 159,
191, 197.
Wright, Paul, 197.
Wright, Sachaverel, 156.
Wright, Thos., 154, 181.
Wy elder, Fabiant, 47.
Wyhall, Richard de, 30.
Wynne, Thos., 187.
Y.
Y E, 181.
Y O. 138, 181.
Yerbury, DanL, 181.
Yevele, — ■, 33.
Yorke, Edwd., 138, 181.
Young, Geo., 181, 188.
Young, James, 191, 197.
Young, Wm., 181, 188.
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Zouch, Richard, 181.
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